Effect of reaction conditions on the homo and copolymerizations of N-(1-naphthyl)acrylamide

Abstract

In this work, we studied the influence of time reaction and initiator amount on N-(1-naphthyl)acrylamide (NAM) polymerization, in dioxane and DMF. The same was done with three copolymers with methyl methacrylate (MMA). We found that NAM could be incorporated in high proportions in the copolymer. We also found that, with the same reaction time, the amount of benzoyl peroxide (BPO) has little or no effect on the polymerization degree; however reaction rates and yields were affected in DMF. All homopolymers showed a low dispersion (Đ), even when they were polymerized in solution. All DPNAMs can be classified as monodisperse.

Keywords:

• Dispersion
• naphthyl acrylamide
• reactivity
• solvent effect

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank University of Buenos Aires for partial financial support (UBACyT N° 2002012010384). We also thank to Teyupa S.A. for chemical supplies and to Dr. M. I. Errea and Ing. M. Caldera for their invaluable help.