Poly methyl methacrylate and Related Polymers

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and Related Polymers.—The photolysis of PMMA in methyl acetate, chloroform, CH2C12, and benzene solution has been shown to be consistent with scission resulting from random absorption directly by the polymer without participation of the solvent.199 The photolysis of thin films of PMMA in 02 has been shown to produce methanol, formaldehyde, methyl acetate, methyl formate, water, formic acid, carbon dioxide, and methane.200 The reactions caused by light in PMMA in the presence of atomic 

The products of photolysis of poly(ethyl acrylate) and po y(n-butyl acrylate) in vacuo and in oxygen have been reported.800 The photolysis of copolymers of MMA and methyl acrylate 207 and of MMA and p-methoxyacrylophenone208 has been described. 

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