Methylmethacrylate , atom-transfer radical polymerization

Alipour, M., et al. (2001). Living radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate, methylacrylate and their block copol5mers with acrylonitrile by atom transfer radical polymerization. Iran Polym. J., 10(2) 99-106. 

As mentioned above, the cleavage of Si-Si-bonds in polysilanes upon irradiation with UV-light is very efficient and results in the formation of silicon radicals. These radicals react with olefins to initiate radical polymerizations. Especially the polymerization of methylmethacrylate and styrene with a variety of polysilanes as photoinitiators has been studied in detail [104]. The advantage of this kind of initiation is the possibility to prepare polysilane-polyolefin hybrids [105]. All modifications of radical polymerizations, such as the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), are possible with polysilanes as photoinitiators [106]. 

The graft copolymer products, poly(met)acrylates branched to polyester-suUbnes, can be produced next way [200]. Firstly, the polyestersulfone is being chlormethylenized by monochlordimethyl ester. The product is used as macrostarter for the graft radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate (I), methylacrylate (II) and butylacrylate (III) in dimethylformamide according to the mechanism of transferring of atoms under die influence of the catalytical system FeCyisophthalic acid. The branched copolymer with I has only one glassing temperature while copolymer with II and III has three. 

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