
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lyons, RA 
A1  - Senogles, E 
T1  - Reactivities of Monomers Towards the 1-Methyl-1-(methoxycarbonyl)ethyl Radical
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1994
VL  - 47
IS  - 12
SP  - 2201
EP  - 2209
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9942201 
N2  - The relative reactivities of acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate , methyl methacrylate and styrene towards the 1-methyl-1-( methoxycarbonyl )ethyl radical have been determined at 60&#176;C, and the results compared with those for the poly (methyl methacrylate ) radical. The results for methyl acrylate suggest that the copolymerization of this monomer with methyl methacrylate is adequately described by a terminal mechanism. Those for styrene show that the presence of a penultimate styrene or methyl methacrylate unit in a poly(methyl methacrylate ) radical leads to a slightly greater preference for this radical to add styrene over methyl methacrylate compared to the 1-methyl-1-( methoxycarbonyl )ethyl radical. The results for methyl methacrylate and acrylonitrile suggest that the copolymerization of these monomers is probably best represented by a penultimate mechanism. 
ER  -

