Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1984, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (2): 238.

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STUDIES ON THE POLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE'INITIATED WITH ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE-AMINE SYSTEMS

Qiu Kunyuan, Guo Xinqiu, Wang Xianlun, Feng Xinde(S. T. Voong)   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing
  • Received:1982-09-20 Online:1984-04-24 Published:1984-04-24

Abstract: Radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated with organic hydroperoxide-amine systems was studied. t-Butyl hydroper-oxide (TBH) and cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) were used as organic hydroperoxide components, aromatic tertiary amines such as N,N-di-methyl aniline (DMA)and its p-substitued derivatives i.e. N,N-dimeth-yl-p-toluidine (DMT) ,p-nitro-N,N-dimethyl aniline (NDMA) and p-di-methylamino benzaldehyde (DMAB) were used as amine components. It was found that, the different amine structures show little effect on the Rp of MMAboth in TBH-amine or CHP-amine system. So the values of RPare not so difference whether the substituents are electron-donating groups or electron-withdrawing groups. The values of overall activation energy Ea of MMApolymerization initiated with TBH-amine and CHP-amine were determined in the range of 50-57 KJ/mole for TBH-amine systems and 39-62 KJ/mole for CHP-amine systems respectively. Furthermore, the reaction mechanism and kinetics of polymerization of MMAinitiated with ROOH-DMTsystem were studied and discussed.

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