Abstract
Abstract Polystyrene, PSt, (Mn ≈ 14 000) containing CCl3 end groups was obtained by free radical polymerization of styrene, St, initiated by decomposition of azo roups of 4, 4′-azo-bis-(4-cyanopentane-trichloroacetylamide), ACPT, in dimethylformamide solution at 70°C. This polymer was used as initiator for free radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate, MMA. Free radical sites located at the end of PSt chains were generated photochemically (λinc = 436 nm) with the aid of Mn2(CO)10. St/MMA block copolymer containin 72 to 86 mol% MMA was obtained from the crude product after extraction of unreacted PSt with boilin cyclohexane. The results demonstrate that ACPT can be applied as a bifunctional initiator for the synthesis of block copolymers of type AnBm or AnBmAn, consisting of monomers A and B prone to free radical polymerization.
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