## Abstract Thermally stable copolymers with an alternating repeating structure, poly(RMIโ__alt__โIB)s, were synthesized by radical copolymerization of Nโsubstituted maleimides containing a polar group with isobutene. The onset temperature of decomposition was higher than 300โยฐC and the glassโtrans
Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Alternating Copolymers of N-Methylmaleimide with Olefins Including Cyclic and Polar Groups
โ Scribed by Akitoshi Omayu; Akikazu Matsumoto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Volume
- 209
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1352
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
The radical alternating copolymerization of Nโmethylmaleimide with various olefins was carried out to obtain thermally stable and transparent polymers. Cyclic olefins including an exoโmethylene group showed high polymerization reactivities during the copolymerization. The introduction of a polar substituent into the olefin monomers results in the formation of copolymers with a high yield. The polymerization reactivity of the olefins is discussed based on DFT calculations. The introduction of cyclic and polar substituents into the olefin repeating units increased the glass transition temperature of the obtained copolymers, similar to the previously reported results for the introduction of bulkier and polar substituents into the Nโsubstituents of the maleimide.
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