Stereochemical configuration of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate/styrene copolymers obtained in N,N′‐dimethylformamide solution over a whole range of conversion

Abstract

High resolution 1 H-NMR spectra of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)-styrene (S) copolymers prepared at low conversion by free radical copolymerization in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solution at 50°C, have been analyzed in terms of sequence distribution and stereoregularity. The Bootstrap effect for the HEMA/S/DMF system was confirmed by comparison of the data obtained with those previously reported for the HEMA/S/bulk system. Reactivity ratios, statistical parameters, and the coisotacticity parameter σ HS = 0.40, estimated at low conversion, were used to describe the observed experimental changes in copolymer composition and triad fraction intensities over a wide range of conversions.