Abstract
We carried out radical homopolymerization and copolymerization in various kinds of solvents at 60°C by using diisopropyl fumarate (DiPF) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) as electron-accepting polar monomers and styrene (St) and vinyl benzoate (VB) as electron-donating monomers. The highest polymerization rate was observed in the polar and electron-pair accepting solvents, such as 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol for the homopolymerization and copolymerization of these monomers. It has been revealed that the polymerization rate is correlated to the electron-pair–accepting property of the solvent used, rather than the polarity in the linear free energy relationship. We have demonstrated the validity of the acceptor number as the index for interpreting the interaction of the solvent with the monomer and the propagating chain end. The monomer reactivity ratios were determined for the St–DiPF, VB–DiPF, and St–MMA copolymerizations. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 2803–2814, 1999
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