ISSN:
1436-2449
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Summary The reaction of syndiotactic poly(methacrylic acid) (s-PMAA) with Cyclohexylcarbodiimide, in the absence of alcohols, amines, or other compounds reactive with anhydride, leads to methacrylic anhydride (cyclic)-methacrylic acid (MAH-MAA) copolymers. For determining the statistics of these soluble linear copolymers, a complete esterification of the methacrylic acid monomer units by diazomethane is carried out, the anhydride ring not being affected by the diazomethane. By a consecutive hydrolysis step, the anhydride is cleaved, resulting in methyl methacrylate — methacrylic acid (MMA-MAA) copolymers whose statistics is a replica of the original MAH-MAA copolymers and which can be easily determined by NMR. The statistics of the copolymers is not Bernoullian with respect to the distribution of the dimethacrylic acid anhydride rings and the methacrylic acid units, but the ring forming reaction is nearly random along the chain with a small tendency toward alternation for MAH-rings and MAA-units.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00255811
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