Polymerization of acrylic and methacrylic monomers using CF3OC(O)OO(O)COCF3

KARINA BIERBRAUER; GUSTAVO ARGUELLO; MIRIAM STRUMIA

e-Polymer

Año: 2007 p. 1 - 7

Abstract: The study of CF3OC(O)OO(O)COCF3 as radical initiator in polymerization of acrylic and methacrylic monomers as acrylic acid (AA), acrylonitrile (AN), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, (HEMA), and methyl methacrylate (MMA), is presented. The reactions were carried out under different conditions in order to search the efficiency of the initiator. The results demonstrated that the yield and the type of the products (soluble or non-soluble) is dependent on the reactivity and the solubility of the initiator in the monomers, constituting a heterogeneous system influenced by hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance of the species involved.