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Controlled polymerization of methylmethacrylate and ethylacrylate using tris(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) copper(II) hexafluorophosphate complexes and aluminium isopropoxide

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The radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate and ethylacrylate was carried out in the presence of tris(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) copper(II) hexafluorophosphate complexes and aluminium isopropoxide. The molecular weight of the synthesized polyethylacrylates increased proportionally with conversion, whereas the polymerization of methylmethacrylate revealed a nonlinear behavior. The polydispersities of the molecular weight distributions observed were between 1.09 and 1.34. Poly(styrene-block-polymethylmethacrylate) was synthesized by sequential monomer addition.

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Received: 9 June 1999/Revised version: 20 September 1999/Accepted: 20 September 1999

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Schubert, U., Hochwimmer, G., Spindler, C. et al. Controlled polymerization of methylmethacrylate and ethylacrylate using tris(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) copper(II) hexafluorophosphate complexes and aluminium isopropoxide. Polymer Bulletin 43, 319–326 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050617

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