SYNTHESIS AND POLYMERIZATION KINETICS OF 1-BROMOMETHYL-7,7-DIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT-2-YL ACRYLATE

Starting from camphene and NBS the 1-bromomethyl-7, 7-dimethylblcyclo-[2.2.1]hept-2-yl acrylate [BMCHA] has been synthesized by two steps. The polymerization kinetics equation of this monomer was obtained as follows: Rp=K[BPO]~(0.50)[BMCHA]~(1.0) and the apparent activation energy of the polymerization was evaluated to be 82.96KJ/mol.