Stereocontrol in radical polymerization of N,N-dimethylacrylamide and N,N-diphenylacrylamide and thermal properties of syndiotactic poly(methyl acrylate)s derived from the obtained polymers

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Free-radical polymerizations of N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAA) and N,N-diphenylacrylamide (DPAA) were carried out under various conditions. DMAA gave an isotactic-rich polymer in most cases, whereas DPAA gave a syndiotactic polymer. The polymerization stereochemistry was also affected by reaction solvents including toluene, tetrahydrofuran, and fluoroalcohols. It is notable that the stereochemistry of the polymerization depended on monomer concentration: a lower monomer concentration led to a higher isotacticity for DMAA polymerization and a higher syndiotacticity for DPAA polymerization. This effect was explained by assuming that there exist two types of growing radicals having different stereoselectivities. By optimizing the aforementioned reaction conditions, poly(DMAA) with diad isotacticity (m) of 77% (polymerization in toluene at -78 °C at [M]o = 0.1 M) and poly(DPAA) with diad syndiotacticity (r) of 93% (polymerization in THF at -98 °C at [M]o = 0.22 M) were obtained. Stereoregular poly(methyl acrylate)s were derived from the poly(DPAA)s. Thermal property of the poly(methyl acrylate)s with different tacticities was studied by DSC.

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Liu, W., Nakano, T., & Okamoto, Y. (2000). Stereocontrol in radical polymerization of N,N-dimethylacrylamide and N,N-diphenylacrylamide and thermal properties of syndiotactic poly(methyl acrylate)s derived from the obtained polymers. Polymer Journal, 32(9), 771–777. https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.32.771

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