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An investigation of solvolytic reactions and exploration of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate free radical copolymerization kinetics

2025· article· en· W4413940008 on OpenAlex
Opeyemi J. Ajogbeje, Robin A. Hutchinson

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Bibliographic record

VenueEuropean Polymer Journal · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldChemistry
TopicAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Canadian institutionsQueen's University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsCopolymerKineticsPolymer chemistryMethyl methacrylateMethacrylateAcrylateMethyl acrylateEthyl acrylateChemistryMaterials sciencePhotochemistryOrganic chemistryPolymer

Abstract

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In-situ NMR is used to determine individual monomer conversion profiles and thus comonomer composition drifts vs. overall monomer conversion for the radical copolymerization of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) with methyl acrylate (MA) in dimethyl sulfoxide, toluene, ethanol (EtOH), and an ethanol/water mixture containing 75 wt% EtOH. A faster incorporation of DMAEMA was observed in the copolymer compared to MA in all systems, with the data used to estimate reactivity ratios. In addition, the copolymer composition-averaged propagation rate coefficients ( ) were obtained using the pulsed laser polymerization – size exclusion chromatography (PLP-SEC) technique for the system in bulk and in EtOH. While the terminal model provided a good representation of copolymer composition, the penultimate model was needed to represent DMAEMA-MA behavior. When DMAEMA and MA were present in water-rich EtOH/water mixtures, the solvolysis of DMAEMA formed methacrylic acid (MAA) and ethyl methacrylate (EMA), potentially leading to formation of a tetrapolymer. While the kinetics of this more complex system was not studied, it was demonstrated that the influence of monomer solvolysis can be important for DMAEMA copolymerization in aqueous solvent mixtures.

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