Acrylates polyfunctional

The ability of 1,2 (or l,6)-dihydropyridines to undergo a Diels-Alder reaction with dienophiles such as methyl vinyl ketone, methyl acrylate, and acrylonitrile has been utilized in the synthesis of polyfunctional isoquinuclidine as a key intermediate in the synthesis of aspidosperma- and iboga-type alkaloids (66JA3099). 

During mutual graft copolymerization, homopolymerization always occurs. This is one of the most important problems associated with this technique. When this technique is applied to radiation-sensitive monomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, polyfunctional acrylates, and their esters, homopolymer is formed more rapidly than the graft. With the low-molecular weight acrylate esters, particularly ethyl acrylate, the homopolymer problem is evidenced not so much by high yields as by erratic and irreproducible grafting. 

Interesting TPEs can be derived from binary and ternary blends of polyfunctional acrylates, ACM, and fluorocarbon rubber (FKM) [53]. During the blend preparation, the liquid multifunctional acrylate monomer used is polymerized and forms the continuous matrix encapsulating the... 

A different approach, although stdl working with essentially non-fiinctional polymers has been exemplified [114,115], in which, a 100% solid (solvent free) hot melt has been irradiated to produce pressure-sensitive adhesives with substantially improved adhesive properties. Acrylic polymers, vinyl acetate copolymers with small amounts of A,A -dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, diacetone acrylamide, A-vinyl pyrrohdone (NVP) or A A have been used in this study. Polyfunctional acrylates, such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TMPTMA) and thermal stabilizers can also be used. 

NR, styrene-butadiene mbber (SBR), polybutadiene rubber, nitrile mbber, acrylic copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, and A-B-A type block copolymer with conjugated dienes have been used to prepare pressure-sensitive adhesives by EB radiation [116-126]. It is not necessary to heat up the sample to join the elastomeric joints. This has only been possible due to cross-linking procedure by EB irradiation [127]. Polyfunctional acrylates, tackifier resin, and other additives have also been used to improve adhesive properties. Sasaki et al. [128] have studied the EB radiation-curable pressure-sensitive adhesives from dimer acid-based polyester urethane diacrylate with various methacrylate monomers. Acrylamide has been polymerized in the intercalation space of montmorillonite using an EB. The polymerization condition has been studied using a statistical method. The product shows a good water adsorption and retention capacity [129]. 

The formation of the hydrogen bond between hydroperoxide and polar monomer, for example, methyl acrylate or acrylonitrile, does not influence the rate constant of the reaction of hydroperoxide with the double bond of monomer [101]. The values of the rate constants of the reaction of hydroperoxide with olefins are given in Table 4.13. The effect of multidipole interaction was observed for reactions of hydroperoxide with polyfunctional monomers (see Table 4.14, Ais the Gibbs energy of multidipole interaction in the transition state). 

Breton FJ-M, Parker DK. Curing acrylic polymers with polyfunctional nitrile oxide compounds, Br. Patent 2347142 2000 [Chem. Abstr. 2001 134 43280]. 

Since each acrylate group is difunctional, the diacrylates are tetrafunctional while the triacrylates are hexafunctional. For polymerization ofthe polyfunctional monomers at sufficiently high degrees of conversion, the branching must result in the formation of cross-links to give a three-dimensional network. 

Types of compounds are arranged according to the following system hydrocarbons and basic heterocycles hydroxy compounds and their ethers mercapto compounds, sulfides, disulfides, sulfoxides and sulfones, sulfenic, sulfinic and sulfonic acids and their derivatives amines, hydroxylamines, hydrazines, hydrazo and azo compounds carbonyl compounds and their functional derivatives carboxylic acids and their functional derivatives and organometallics. In each chapter, halogen, nitroso, nitro, diazo and azido compounds follow the parent compounds as their substitution derivatives. More detail is indicated in the table of contents. In polyfunctional derivatives reduction of a particular function is mentioned in the place of the highest functionality. Reduction of acrylic acid, for example, is described in the chapter on acids rather than functionalized ethylene, and reduction of ethyl acetoacetate is discussed in the chapter on esters rather than in the chapter on ketones. 

The curing reaction of acrylates is typical of vinyl monomers. Therefore, the degree of double-bond conversion is the measure of the degree of cure. The best results are obtained when using oligomers as binders and monomers as reactive thinners. Examples of difunctional and polyfunctional acrylates are in Table 4.4. A partial list of the most common acrylate oligomers is below. - ... 

Examples of Difunctional and Polyfunctional Acrylates Used in UV Curing... 

Multifunctional monomers, such as acrylates (e.g., TMPTA), were found to have a dual function to enhance the copolymerization and to cross-link the grafted trunk polymer chains. An addition of an acid along with a polyfunctional monomer has synergistic effects on grafting. ... 

UV curable flexo ink for RFID antennas Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices and contactless smart cards are capable of uniquely identifying an individual or object when they are interrogated by an external radio frequency signal. Recently, a process of printing with the use of UV curable conductive flexo inks has been introduced. The inks are based on polyfunctional acrylates with silver flakes added for the electrical conductivity. The advantages of these inks are ... 

Monomers, also called reactive thinners, are used to reduce viscosity of the prepolymers, but also have an effect on properties of the cured film. They form a high-molecular-weight network with the prepolymer after curing. To attain an adequate degree of cross-linking, bifunctional and polyfunctional acrylates are principally used. 

Monofunctional acrylates give a less reactive coating and are less desirable ingredients because of their volatility, odor and skin-irritating effects. Currently, the following bifunctional and polyfunctional acrylates are used in industrial applications (acronyms in parentheses) ... 

Allyl methacrylate and allyl acrylate are difunctional monomers, triallyl phosphate is a trifunctional monomer, and polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate is a polyfunctional monomer. All these lead to cross-linked graft copolymers. 

This puts the final radicals at least 4.5 A apart outside the primary cage. As a result the radical pairs do not recombine. In looking for reactive structures that could serve as photolabile side groups, this was an important consideration because cage recombination is an important factor in viscous media such as those used in the polymerization of polyfunctional acrylates. 

Many different types of responsive gels have been synthesized by various techniques. Copolymerization/crosslinking of monofunctional and polyfunctional monomers has been extensively used to produce responsive gels of vinyl monomers, especially of a wide variety of acrylamide derivatives such as N-isopropylacrylamide, acrylic acid, and diethylacrylamide [4-11, 21-36]. Crosslinking of linear polymers by either chemical means or y-radiation has also been used to produce a wide range of responsive gels. The precursor polymers... 

The acrylic weak base resins are synthesized from copolymers similar to those used for the manufacture of weak acid cation-exchange resins. For example, under appropriate temperature and pressure conditions, a weak acid resin reacts with a polyfunctional amine, such as dimethylaminopropylamine [109-55-7] (7) to give a weak base resin with a tertiary amine functionality. 

The elimination/addition reaction already proceeded at room temperature when the dichloropropionic acid had been linked as an ester to the support, but required heating when an amide linkage had been chosen. When amines with low nucleophilicity were used, such as aniline or a-amino acid esters, higher reaction temperatures were also beneficial. Occasional by-products for this reaction sequence were acrylic acid derivatives or the corresponding hydrogenated products (2-thiopropionic acid derivatives). These by-products were usually formed when a very small excess of amine was used in the elimination/addition step. Both the thiols and the amines used in this reaction sequence could be polyfunctional, as illustrated by the examples sketched in Fig. 3. 

The above example gives us an idea of the difficulties in stating a rigorous kinetic model for the free-radical polymerization of formulations containing polyfunctional monomers. An example of efforts to introduce a mechanistic analysis for this kind of reaction, is the case of (meth)acrylate polymerizations, where Bowman and Peppas (1991) coupled free-volume derived expressions for diffusion-controlled kp and kt values to expressions describing the time-dependent evolution of the free volume. Further work expanded this initial analysis to take into account different possible elemental steps of the kinetic scheme (Anseth and Bowman, 1992/93 Kurdikar and Peppas, 1994 Scott and Peppas, 1999). The analysis of these mechanistic models is beyond our scope. Instead, one example of models that capture the main concepts of a rigorous description, but include phenomenological equations to account for the variation of specific rate constants with conversion, will be discussed. 

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