| Abstract: | Grafting of poly(methyl acrylate) onto wool has been carried out in an aqueous medium at 45 ± 1°C by using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) in the presence of triethylamine, diethylamine, n-butylamine, triethanolamine, and N,N-dimethylaniline. The percentage of grafting varied with the nature and concentrations of the amines. Reactivity of the different amines toward grafting reactions followed the order: triethylamine > diethylamine > n-butylamine > triethanolamine ≥ N,N-dimethylaniline. In the presence of N,N-dimethylaniline grafting did not occur. An attempt has been made to explain the observed reactivity of Ce4+ in various amine systems in graft copolymerization reactions. |
