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Graft copolymers from commercial chlorinated polypropylene via Cu(0)‐mediated atom transfer radical polymerization
Author(s) -
Acik Gokhan,
Tasdelen Mehmet Atilla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.5202
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , atom transfer radical polymerization , acrylate , methyl methacrylate , materials science , polymerization , chain transfer , radical polymerization , butyl acrylate , acrylic acid , polymer , composite material
Commercially available chlorinated polypropylene has been used as a macroinitiator for the Cu(0)‐mediated atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate and tert ‐butyl acrylate to obtain well‐defined graft copolymers. The relatively narrow molecular weight distribution in the graft copolymers and linear kinetic plots indicated the controlled nature of the copolymerization reactions. Both Fourier transform infrared and 1 H NMR studies confirmed that the graft reactions had taken place successfully. After graft copolymer formation, tert ‐butyl groups of poly( tert ‐butyl acrylate) side chains were completely converted into poly(acrylic acid) chains to afford corresponding amphiphilic graft copolymers. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry