The Prediction of Reactivity in Radical Polymerisation

Title: The Prediction of Reactivity in Radical Polymerisation

Volume: 6 Issue: 2

Author(s): A. D. Jenkins

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Keywords: Radical Polymerisation, size-exclusion chromatography, monomer reactivity ratio, Acenaphthalene, Diallyl phthalate, Pyridine, 4-vinyl, Inititator Radicals, NMR spectrum

Abstract: The essential reactions in radical polymerisation involve the addition of a radical to a molecule. In the propagation process, the radical is typically a polymer and the molecule is a monomer in transfer, the molecule is a transfer agent and, in initiation, the radical is a species of low molar mass. It is now possible to predict the reactivity of both the radicals and the molecules by means of a revised form of the Patterns Scheme, and a review is presented here of the historical development of the state of understanding of reactivity in the various component steps in a polymerisation process propagated by radicals.

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Jenkins D. A., The Prediction of Reactivity in Radical Polymerisation, Current Organic Chemistry 2002; 6 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272023374562