Reactions of acrylic monomers with mercaptans in the presence of metal carbonyls or peroxides

Abstract

1. In the telomerization of acrylic monomers with mercaptans, the change from initiation by peroxides to initiation by metal complexes leads to a significant change in the nature of the distribution of the homologs in favor of the adduct. 2. The distribution of the telomer homologs in reactions of n-butyl mercaptan with acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate with initiation by carbonyls of Mn, Mo, and Cr, in contrast to peroxide initiation, is practically insensitive to a change in the ratio of the reagents.