Bevington, J. C. and Huckerby, T. N. and Hunt, B. J. and Jenkins, A. D. (2001) FURTHER STUDY OF ALLYL ETHERS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS TRANSFER AGENTS IN RADICAL POLYMERIZATIONS. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A Pure and Applied Chemistry, 38 (10). pp. 981-990. ISSN 1060-1325
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Allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), allyl 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropyl ether (AFE), allyl 2-naphthyl ether (ANE), 2-vinyl-1,3-dioxolane (2VD) and allyl alcohol (AA) have been examined as transfer agents in the radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) at 60°C; the transfer constants are 1.1 10-3, 0.1 10-3, 0.2 10-3, 1.1 10-3 and 0.6 10-3, respectively. AFE and AA barely affect the rate of polymerization: AGE, ANE, and 2VD act as weak retarders. There is no direct correlation between effectiveness as a transfer agent and the extent of retardation for these additives. For copolymerization with MMA (monomer-1), the monomer reactivity ratios r1 are 42 ± 5 and 32 ± 5 for AGE and ANE, respectively; for both cases, r2 is very close to zero; 2VD engages in copolymerization with MMA to a negligible extent. Experiments involving styrene or acrylonitrile gave results consistent with those obtained using MMA.