Pc. Wieland et al., Amphiphilic graft copolymers and hyperbranched polymers based on (3-vinylphenyl)azomethylmalonodinitrile, MACRO RAPID, 22(15), 2001, pp. 1255-1260
Communication: (3-Vinylphenyl)azomethylmalonodinitrile (1) contains a vinyl
group as well as an azo group is therefore suitable as a monomer, comonome
r and,also as an initiator for radical polymerization. If these functions a
re used in two separate steps, graft copolymers can be achieved via the gra
fting from method, A simultaneous use of both functions in the presence of
different amounts of styrene results in hyperbranched polymers having a tai
lored degree of branching.