The copolymerizations of methyl methacrylate with diethyl maleate and diethyl fumarate

A kinetic study on polymerization of methyl methacrylate with di-t-butyl perfumarate

“…A linear relationship observed here excludes any significant chain transfer to the initiator in the present polymerization of MMA with DBPF. This is compatible with the fact that dialkyl fumarate is not incorporated in the resulting polymers in the copolymerization with MMA,18 leading to no expectation that DBPF acts as chain transfer of addition–substitution type in the MMA polymerization.…”

Reactive surfactants in heterophase polymerization

“…S is sparingly soluble in water and copolymerizes reasonably with maleates (r s = 8 -10, r maleate = 0 [130]), MMA is more water-soluble and is in theory too reactive to allow copolymerization with maleates (r MMA = 354 l 57, r diethyl maleate = 0 [131]), and VAc is even more water-soluble and reacts almost alternatingly (r VAc = 0.043, r diethyl maleate = 0.17 [130]). Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used as a reference non-polymerizable surfactant.…”

Toward replacement of styrene by bio-based methacrylates in unsaturated polyester resins

“…24 Indeed, methacrylates are among the most reactive monomer in radical polymerization, and can readily be synthesized from various building blocks derived from biobased feedstocks. Taking methyl methacrylate (r MMA = 40.4 ± 0.2) and diethyl fumarate (r F = 0.03 ± 0.02) as model compounds, 25 the copolymerization presents an extreme ideal behaviour with the methacrylate comonomer being much more reactive than fumarate whatever the propagating species is. The advantage of mixing fumarate and methacrylates in UPRs would lie in the expected absence of any RD residuals in the cured sample.…”