Synthesis of Terpolymers with Homogeneous Composition by Free Radical Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride, Perfluorooctyl and Butyl or Dodecyl Methacrylates: Application of the Continuous Flow Monomer Addition Technique

Szkudlarek, Marian; Beginn, Uwe; Keul, Helmut; Möller, Martin

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Synthesis of Terpolymers with Homogeneous Composition by Free Radical Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride, Perfluorooctyl and Butyl or Dodecyl Methacrylates: Application of the Continuous Flow Monomer Addition Technique

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Polymers 2017, 9(11), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9110610

Received: 9 October 2017 / Revised: 3 November 2017 / Accepted: 9 November 2017 / Published: 13 November 2017

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluorinated Polymers)

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Terpolymers of homogeneous composition were prepared by free radical copolymerization of butyl or dodecyl methacrylate, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl methacrylate and maleic anhydride using the continuous monomer addition technique. The copolymerization reactions were performed at 65 °C in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator in a mixture of methyl ethyl ketone and 1,3-bis (trifluoromethyl)benzene. The monomers and initiator are added to the reaction mixture with the same rate they are consumed in 5- and 10-fold excess compared to the initial monomer stock. The obtained terpolymers with molecular weights M_n = 50,000–70,000 are of uniform composition, close to the composition determined in low conversion experiments, proving the principle of the chosen concept. The kinetic data necessary for the design of the continuous addition experiment were obtained from binary copolymerization experiments at low monomer conversion (to avoid compositional drift). In addition, the so-called terpolymerization parameter was determined from ternary copolymerization experiments. View Full-Text

Keywords: terpolymer; radical copolymerization; terpolymerization; homogenous composition; continuous monomer addition

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Szkudlarek M, Beginn U, Keul H, Möller M. Synthesis of Terpolymers with Homogeneous Composition by Free Radical Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride, Perfluorooctyl and Butyl or Dodecyl Methacrylates: Application of the Continuous Flow Monomer Addition Technique. Polymers. 2017; 9(11):610. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9110610

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Szkudlarek, Marian, Uwe Beginn, Helmut Keul, and Martin Möller. 2017. "Synthesis of Terpolymers with Homogeneous Composition by Free Radical Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride, Perfluorooctyl and Butyl or Dodecyl Methacrylates: Application of the Continuous Flow Monomer Addition Technique" Polymers 9, no. 11: 610. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9110610

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