Different Reaction Conditions for Graft Copolymerization

Grafting of vinyl monomers onto polysaccharides can be carried out under different reaction conditions such as in air, under pressure, under vacuum, under the influence of y-radiations and microwave radiations. 

Grafting of different vinyl monomers onto polysaccharides can be done in open air atmosphere. But the graft yield is always lesser than grafting carried out under nitrogen atmosphere due to the interference of atmospheric oxygen [39,41]. Hydroperoxide linkage decays with the following pathways  

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