Solvent Effect on the Free-Radical Copolymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate with t-Butyl Acrylate

摘要

The free-radical copolymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with t-butyl acrylate was carried out at 50 deg C in bulk and in 3 mol·L~(-1) 1,4-dioxane and N,N'-dimethylformamide solutions. Differences between the apparent reactivity ratios determined in this work indicated a noticeable solvent effect. This is explained with a qualitative bootstrap effect.