Synthesis and Radical Polymerization of Itaconates Containing an Adamantyl Ester Group.

A Matsumoto, H Watanabe, T Otsu

Index: Matsumoto, Akikazu; Watanabe, Hiroyuki; Otsu, Takayuki Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1992 , vol. 65, # 3 p. 846 - 852

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Abstract

Itaconates containing a 1-adamantyl or a 3, 5-dimethyl-1-adamantyl ester group were prepared and polymerized in the presence of a radical initiator. The polymerization reactivity has been investigated in relation to the structure of ester alkyl groups of the monomer. It has been clarified that the adamantyl-containing polyitaconates show high thermal stability, ie, high glass transition temperatures and decomposition temperatures. The relationship ...