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Structure-Property Correlation In Cyclopolymerization Of New Acrylate-Based Functional Monomers, Huseyin Tas
Structure-Property Correlation In Cyclopolymerization Of New Acrylate-Based Functional Monomers, Huseyin Tas
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New ether dimer; (ED-Od) and (ED-Eh) and diester; (ODE) and (EHDE) derivatives of α-(hydroxymethyl)acrylate, each having two octadecyl and 2-ethylhexyl side chains respectively, and an amine-linked di(2-ethylhexyl)acrylate (AL-Eh), having three 2-ethylhexyl side chains, were synthesized and (co)polymerized to evaluate the effects of differences in the structures of the monomers on final (co)polymer properties, particularly glass transition temperature, Tg. The free radical polymerizations of these monomers yielded high molecular weight polymers. Cyclopolymer formation of ED-Od, ED-Eh and AL-Eh was confirmed by 13C NMR analysis and the cyclization efficiencies were found to be very high (~100%). Copolymers of ED-Od, ODE, ED-Eh, EHDE, …