Acrylamide has been free radical copolymerized with styrene and methyl methacrylate at 70 O C in different solvents (dioxane, dioxane/ethanol mixture, ethanol). A strong influence of the solvent on the copolymer compositions has been observed ; particularly copolymers richer in acrylamide have always been obtained in dioxane.These results indicate that the nature of the solvent (polarity, dielectric constant etc.) could affect the polarity and the reactivity of the acrylamide double bond as well as the stability of the growing radical. Other factors are also discussed. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:Acrylamid wurde mit Styrol und Methylmethacrylat in verschiedenen Losungsmitteln (Dioxan, Dioxan/ihhanol und Athanol) bei 7OoC radikalisch copolymerisiert. Das Losungsmittel hat einen starken EinfluR auf die Zusammensetzung der Copolymeren. Bei der Copolymerisation in Dioxan wurden Copolymere mit hoherem Acrylamid-Gehalt gefunden. Es wird angenommen, da13 die Natur des Losungsmittels (Polaritat, Dielektrizitatskonstante usw.) die Polaritat und die Reaktionsfahigkeit der Acrylamid-Doppelbindung beeinflussen kann ebenso wie die Stabilitat des wachsenden Radikals. Andere mogliche Ursachen werden diskutiert.
The free radical copolymerization of N.N-dimethyl acrylamide with styrene or methyl methacrylate has been carried out at 70 "C in solvents of different dielectricity constants.The present work does not show the strong solvent iduence on copolymer compositions previously found for acrylamide copolymerizations. The influence of the presence of two alkyl groups on the amidic nitrogen is discussed. The calculated copolymerization parameters agree with the values obtained by other authors. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: N.N-Dimethylacrylsaureamid wnrde mit Styrol oder Methylmethacrylat bei 70 O C inLosungsmitteln mit verschiedener Dielektrizitatskonstante radikalisch copolymerisiert. Anders als beim Acrylsaureamid, wurde kein bemerkenswerter EinfluS des Losungsmittels auf die Zusammensetzung der Copolymeren beobachtet ; die Wirkung der beiden Alkylgruppen an Amid-Stickstoff wird beruclcsichtigt. Die berechneten Copolymerisationsparameter stimmen mit den von anderen Autoren gefundenen Werten uberein.
The free radical copolymerization of methacrylamide with styrene and methyl methacrylate has been investigated at 70 O C in solvents having different dielectric constants. A strong influence of the solvent on the copolymerization parameters has been observed. Such behaviour is quite similar to that found by the same authors for acrylamide copolymerization and differs completely from that found for N.N-dialkyl acrylamide. The influence of the solvenl properties (polarity, dielectric constant etc.) on the amide-enol equilibrium is discussed.
The influence of different solvents on the copolymerization behaviour of N-methyl acrylamide with styrene and methyl methacrylate has been investigated. The calculated relative reactivities of N-methyl acrylamide towards both the polystyryl and poly(methy1 methacrylyl) radicals (l/rz) are practically unaffected by the reaction medium; on the contrary, the relative reactivities of both styrene and methyl methacrylate monomers towards the poly(N-methyl acrylamide) radical (l/rl) are remarkably influenced by the reaction solvents. A comparison both with unsubstituted and disubstituted acrylamides polymerized under the same conditions has been made. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:Die Wirkung verschiedener Losungsmittel auf die Copolymerisation von N-Methylacrylsaureamid und Styrol bzw. Methylmethacrylat wurde untersucht. Die berechnete relative Reaktivitlt des N-Methylacrylsaureamids gegenuber Polystyrol-und Poly-(me-thylmethacryly1)-Radikalen (l/rz) wird durch das Losungsmittel praktisch nicht beeinflul3t.Umgekehrt beeinfldt das Losungsmittel aber die relative Reaktivitat der Styrol-und Methylmethacrylatmonomeren gegenuber dem Poly-(N-methylacry1saureamid)-Radikal-(l/rl). Wir haben die Copolymerisation der unter denselben Bedingungen polymerisierten unsubstituierten und disubstituierten Acrylsaureamide miteinander verglichen.
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