Thermal Analysis of Ladder Polymers Obtained From Multimonomers

Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry were used to examine the thermal behaviour of the multimonomers poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl methacrylate) and poly(2-acryloyloxyethyl methacrylate), of the ladder polymers prepared by the template polymerization of these multimonomers, and of a linear analogue of the ladder polymers, poly(2-butyrylethyl methacrylate). The results obtained show that only one of the ladder polymers has a considerably higher thermal stability than that of their linear analogue. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.