Effect of hydrogen bonds on intermolecular crosslinking reaction by introduction of carboxyl groups in free-radical crosslinking monomethacrylate/dimethacrylate copolymerizations |
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Authors: | Akira Matsumoto Akiyoshi UedaHiroyuki Aota Jun-ichi Ikeda |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and High Technology Research Center, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan b Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd, 5-2-5 Saikujyo-cho, Nara 630-8453, Japan |
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Abstract: | The effect of physical interaction through hydrogen bonds on the intermolecular crosslinking reaction leading to the promoted gelation in free-radical crosslinking monovinyl/divinyl copolymerizations was discussed from the standpoint of the control of network formation. The solution copolymerizations of benzyl methacrylate (BzMA) with 2 mol% of 1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate in t-butylbenzene were conducted in the absence and presence of different amounts of mono(2-methacryloyloxyethyl) succinate (MMOES). Gelation was promoted by the addition of MMOES and the ratio of the actual gel point to the theoretical one became smaller; this would be related to the formation of hydrogen bonds between carboxyl groups introduced into prepolymer and growing polymer radical. As an extension of the above discussion, we treated the effect of hydrogen bonds on the gelation in the crosslinking BzMA/triicosaethylene glycol dimethacrylate copolymerization. The addition of MMOES obviously promoted the gelation. The ratio of the actual gel point to the theoretical one calculated according to Stockmayer's equation [J. Chem. Phys. 12 (1944) 125] was obtained as 1.9, very close to unity. |
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Keywords: | Monovinyl/divinyl copolymerization Crosslinking Gelation Network formation Hydrogen bond Physical crosslinking |
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