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The vast majority of commercial apphcations of methacryhc acid and its esters stem from their facile free-radical polymerizabiUty (see Initiators, FREE-RADICAl). Solution, suspension, emulsion, and bulk polymerizations have been used to advantage. Although of much less commercial importance, anionic polymerizations of methacrylates have also been extensively studied. Strictiy anhydrous reaction conditions at low temperatures are required to yield high molecular weight polymers in anionic polymerization. Side reactions of the propagating anion at the ester carbonyl are difficult to avoid and lead to polymer branching and inactivation (38—44). 

Anionic polymerization offers fast polymerization rates on account of the long life-time of polystyryl carbanions. Early studies have focused on this attribute, most of which were conducted at short reactor residence times (< 1 h), at relatively low temperatures (10—50°C), and in low chain-transfer solvents (typically benzene) to ensure that premature termination did not take place. Also, relatively low degrees of polymerization (DP) were typically studied. Continuous commercial free-radical solution polymerization processes to make PS, on the other hand, operate at relatively high temperatures (>100° C), at long residence times (>1.5 h), utilize a chain-transfer solvent (ethylbenzene), and produce polymer in the range of 1000—1500 DP. 

Impact polystyrene (IPS) is one of a class of materials that contains mbber grafted with polystyrene. This composition is usually produced by polymerizing styrene (by mass or solution free-radical polymerization) in the presence of a small amount (ca 5%) of dissolved elastomer. Some of the important producers of impact-resistant polystyrenes are BASE (Polystyrol), Dow (Styron), and Monsanto (Lustrex). The 1988 U.S. production of impact polystyrene was more than 1 million t (92). 

Procedure. The sample solution, free from interfering elements and radicals, may conveniently occupy a volume of about 50 mL and contain between 0.01 and 0.1 mg of silica the pH should be 4.5-5.0 Add 1 mL of the ammonium molybdate solution and, after 5 minutes, add 5 mL of the tartaric acid solution and mix. Introduce 1.0 mL of the reducing agent and dilute to 100 mL in a graduated flask. Measure the absorbance at ca 815 nm after 20 minutes against de-ionised water. 

Edwin Hart J, Henglein Amim (1985) Free radical and free atom reactions in the sonolysis of aqueous iodide and formate solutions. J Phys Chem 89 4342-4347... 

Radiation techniques, application to the study of organic radicals, 12, 223 Radical addition reactions, gas-phase, directive effects in, 16, 51 Radicals, cation in solution, formation, properties and reactions of, 13, 155 Radicals, organic application of radiation techniques, 12,223 Radicals, organic cation, in solution kinetics and mechanisms of reaction of, 20, 55 Radicals, organic free, identification by electron spin resonance, 1,284 Radicals, short-lived organic, electron spin resonance studies of, 5, 53 Rates and mechanisms of solvolytic reactions, medium effects on, 14, 1 Reaction kinetics, polarography and, 5, 1... 

Polymers Polyacrylamide and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide were prepared by the American Cyanamid Company specifically for this project, starting with l C labelled monomer. The radioactivity level of the monomer was kept below 0.20 mC /g in order to avoid significant spontaneous polymerization, utilizing a copper inhibitor. The homopolymer was synthesized by free radical solution polymerization in water at 40°C, using monomer recrystallized from chloroform, an ammonium persulfate-sodium metabisulfite catalyst system, and isopropanol as a chain transfer agent. Sodium... 

Catalyst absorbs dissolved dioxygen. Sorbed dioxygen reacts with the oxidized substance with production of free radicals. The free radicals diffuse into solution and initiate the chain oxidation of hydrocarbon or other substances. 

Another class of chain scission positive resists is the poly(olefin-sulfones). These materials are alternating copolymers of an olefin and sulfur dioxide, prepared by free radical solution polymerization. The relatively weak C-S bond, 60 kcal/mole compared with 80 kcal/mole for a carbon-carbon bond, is readily cleaved upon irradiation (Gs values for these polymers are typically 10), and several sensitive resists have been developed based on this chemistry (53). One material that has been made commercially available is poly (butene-1-sulfone) (54). 

These copolymers are prepared by the solution free radical polymerization of the electron-poor monomer (substituted maleimide) and the electron-rich monomer (substituted styrene or vinyl ether). Predominantly alternating copolymers result from such polymerizations (IQ). We will report on this unique copolymerization that permits the copolymerization of two double bonds in the presence of a third reactive double bond elsewhere. 

Polyols. Typical polyols used in automotive topcoats Include acrylic copolymers and polyesters which have varied number of hydroxyl groups. Acrylic copolymers ranging in number average molecular weight from 1,000 to 10,000 and containing 15-40% by weight of a hydroxy functional comonomer such as hydroxyethyl acrylate have been studied. The acrylic copolymers were prepared by conventional free radical solution polymerization. 

A brownish-purple solid salt, T SbCls, made by reacting thianthrene with antimony(V) chloride at room temperature in chloroform (62BCJ1137, 62JCS4963 67BCJ2539), was shown, by comparison with a methylene chloride solution of the salt, to have the radical as free in the solid as in solution (69BCJ548). Antimony(V) chloride was used to oxidize a thianthrene-containing polymer, —[T—C(Ph)=C(Ph) presumably... 

Materials. GMC and PCLS were synthesized by free radical solution polymerization initiated by benzoyl peroxide as described previously (5,6). Nearly mono and polydisperse polystyrenes were obtained from Pressure Chemical Co. and the National Bureau of Standards respectively. Molecular weight and polydispersity were determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using a Water Model 244 GPC, equipped with a set (102-106 A) of —Styragel columns using THF as the elution solvent. The molecular parameters of the above three polymers are listed in Table I. The copolymer, poly(GMA-co-3-CLS), contained 53.5 mole % 3-CLS and 46.5 mole % GMA, as determined by chlorine elemental analysis. The structure of the copolymer is shown in Figure 1. 

The results of this work indicate that the Michaelis-Schubert catalysis mechanism is actually a limiting mechanism which is approached only in solutions at a high pH and high iron (II) concentration. Under other conditions, especially in mildly alkaline and acid solutions, free radical reactions which favor oxidation of meicaptide are important. McCormick and Gorin (8) recently have reported on an investigation of the action of oxygen on cobalt (II )-cysteinate solutions. In... 

The reactions of tert-alkyl hydroperoxides with ferrous ion generate alkoxy radicals. These free-radical initiator systems are used industrially for the emulsion polymerization and copolymerization of vinyl monomers, c.g., butadiene-styrene. Alkyl hydroperoxides are among tile most drermally stable organic peroxides. However, hydroperoxides are sensitive to chain decomposition reactions initiated by radicals and/or transition-metal ions. Such decompositions, if not controlled, can be autoaccelerating and sometimes can lead to violent decompositions when neat hydroperoxides or concentrated solutions of hydroperoxides are involved,... 

In block copolymerization, the second step is also ionically catalyzed. However, it is possible for the living homopolymer to react with a peroxide initiator first and to complete the process by free-radical polymerization. R. B. Seymour and co-workers carried out both steps by free-radical polymerization. They obtained live polymers in free-radical solution poly-... 

In early studies on the formation of hydrogen peroxide by ultrasound in water under various mixtures of oxygen and hydrogen, it has been found that the yield depends on the composition of the mixture in the complex manner. The intermediates during the formation of hydrogen peroxide are free radicals and free atoms, and the question arises whether the radicals can escape from the cavitation bubbles into the bulk solution. 

Schuchmann H-P, von Sonntag C (1988) The oxidation of methanol and 2-propanol by potassium peroxodisulphate in aqueous solution free-radical chain mechanisms elucidated by radiation-chemical techniques. Radiat Phys Chem 32 149-156 Schwarz HA, Bielski BHJ (1986) Reactions of H02 and 02 with iodine and bromine and l2 and I atom reduction potentials. J Phys Chem 90 1445-1448... 

Hug GL, Bonifacic M, Asmus K-D, Armstrong DA (2000a) Fast decarboxylation of aliphatic amino adds induced by 4-carboxybenzophenone triplets in aqueous solutions. A nanosecond laser flash photolysis study. J Phys Chem B 104 6674-6682 Hug GL, Carmichael I, Fessenden RW (2000b) Direct EPR observation of the aminomethyl radical during the radiolysis of glycine. J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 2 907-908 Hunter EPL, DesrosiersMF, Simic MG (1989) The effect of oxygen, antioxidants and superoxide radical on tyrosine phenoxyl radical dimerization. Free Rad Biol Med 6 581-585 Ito O (1992) Flash photolysis study for reversible addition reactions of thiyl radicals with olefins and acetylenes. Trends Phys Chem 3 245-266... 

Deeble DJ, von Sonntag C (1992) Decarboxylation of 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid induced by the superoxide radical anion a chain reaction. Int J Radiat Biol 62 105 Deeble DJ, Parsons BJ, Phillips GO (1987) Evidence for the addition of the superoxide anion to the anti- oxidant -propyl gallate in aqueous solution. Free Rad Res Commun 2 351-358 Deeble DJ, Parsons BJ, Phillips GO, Schuchmann H-P, von Sonntag C (1988) Superoxide radical reactions in aqueous solutions of pyrogallol and n-propyl gallate the involvement of phenoxyl radicals. A pulse radiolysis study. Int J Radiat Biol 54 179-193 Denisov ET, Denisova TG (1993) The polar effect in the reaction of alkoxy and peroxy radicals with alcohols. Kinet Catal 34 738-744... 

The simplest solution to this problem is to modify the classic iron-based HTS catalyst by adding a moderate amount of copper to reduce the amounts of byproducts formed and to give a much higher catalyst activity for the shift reaction. A second and more radical solution, is the use of an iron-and chromium-free HTS catalyst that is copper-based73. 

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