Polymer, Vol.36, No.21, 4163-4165, 1995
Radical Copolymerization Reactivity of Binary Macromonomers
Vinylbenzyl-terminated polystyrene (PS) and polyisoprene (PI) macromonomers were synthesized by the coupling reaction of corresponding living anions with p-chloromethylstyrene. Free-radical copolymerizations of binary PS and PI macromonomers were carried out in benzene, varying the molecular weight of macromonomers. The reactivity ratios of these systems were close to an azeotropic copolymerization, in the case of the same degree of polymerization of binary macromonomers.
Keywords:POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) MACROMONOMERS;CENTRAL VINYLBENZYL GROUPS;ARM STAR COPOLYMERS;DIBLOCK MACROMONOMERS;ORGANIZED POLYMERIZATION;MICROPHASE SEPARATION;POLYMERS;POLYSTYRENE;GRAFT