Cn. Cascaval et D. Rosu, Epoxy-acrylic macromolecular compounds on the basis of phenol and para-alkyl substituted phenol, REV RO CHIM, 45(7-8), 2000, pp. 731-737
Some phenolic glycidyl ethers and suitable acrylic monomers on the basis of
phenol and pa,a-alkyl [-CH3, -C(CH3)(3), -C9H19] substituted phenols were
synthesized and characterized. The monomers were thermally polymerized in t
he presence of benzoyl peroxide. The polymerization reaction was studied by
viscometry, as well as by curing process. The synthesized polymers degrade
statistically by a radical mechanism. The apparent thermal stability is hi
gher for para-tert-butylphenol epoxy-acrylic polymer and lower for phenol e
poxy-acrylic polymer.