| Abstract: | A general method is developed for synthesizing methacrylic esters with a 5-, 6-, or 7-membered lactam ring  to the carboxyl group, by reacting the sodio-derivatives of the lactams with -chloroethyl methacrylate. The esters synthesized are prone to thermal polymerization, and able to copolymerize with other monomers in the presence of azodiisobutyronitrile. The following copolymers are prepared; -(N-pyrrolidonyl) ethyl acrylate with methyl acrylate, -(N-pyrrolidonyl) ethyl, -(N-2-oxotetramethyleneimino) ethyl, and -(N-2-oxopentamethyleneimino) ethyl methacrylates withmethyl methacrylate. |
