SynopsisThe effect of organic sulfur compounds on the radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by azobisisobutyronitrile a t 50°C. has been studied. The sulfur compounds used were benzene-type polysulfides ( CEH&H~S,--CH~CEHE.; n = 0-4, beneyl mercaptan, and sulfur (Ss). All sulfur compounds studied, except dibenzyl, dibeneyl monosulfide, and dibenzyl disulfide, were found to behave as retarders under these experimental conditions. Chain-transfer constants of these compounds were determined from rate measurements and from the conventional method based on numberaverage degree of polymerization. Chain-transfer constants of benzyl-type polysulfides were less than those of mercaptan and sulfur and increased with increasing sulfur. The correlation of the reactivities of sulfur compounds as transfer agents and their molecular structures is discussed.
Acrylonitrile–styrene, vinyl chloride–styrene and vinyl chloride–methyl methacrylate block copolymers were obtained by employing trapped radicals in polyacrylonitrile or poly(vinyl chloride) formed in a heterogeneous system by tri‐n‐butylboron in air as initiator. The trapped polymer radicals were activated on addition of dimethylformamide as solvent. Confirmation of block copolymers was carried out with solvent extractions, elementary analysis, and turbidimetry. In block copolymerization, the polyacrylonitrile trapped radical was more active than the poly(vinyl chloride) radical. Results of kinetic studies were used to consider the mechanism of polymerization.
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