The microstructure of vinylidene chloride−methyl acrylate
copolymers prepared by a
photopolymerization process using uranyl ion as photosensitizer is
analyzed by one- and two-dimensional
NMR spectroscopy. Sequence distribution was calculated from
13C{H} NMR spectra of the
copolymers.
A 13C distortionless enhancement by polarization
transfer spectrum was used to differentiate between
the resonance signals of methoxy and methylene units in the copolymer.
Comonomer reactivity ratios
were determined using Kelen−Tudos and the nonlinear error in
variables methods. The sequence
distribution of vinylidene chloride- and methyl acrylate-centered
triads determined from 13C{1H}
NMR
spectra of copolymers is in good agreement with triad concentrations
calculated from statistical model
and Monte Carlo simulation methods. 2D heteronuclear single
quantum correlation and correlated
spectroscopy spectrum was used to analyze the complex 1H
NMR spectrum.
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