Abstract
FT-IR, DSC, and NMR techniques allowed the structural characterization of four copolymers formed by styrene and methacrylic units (methacrylic acid (MAA), dimethylamine ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), sodium methacrylate (MANa), and 1-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA). The copolymer composition was studied by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The thermal behavior of the block copolymers was analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Three of the four copolymers showed two transitions caused by changes in the polymer heat capacity (ΔCp) of each block. Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) experiments were used to distinguish copolymer from homopolymer mixtures. Finally, the triad-level stereosequences of styrene-methacrylic copolymers were obtained using 13C NMR. The results indicate that by increasing the alkyl-substituent length in the methacrylic block, the probability of syndiotactic polymerization increases.
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