
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morrow, GR 
A1  - Rae, ID 
T1  - Thermal-Degradation of Polymers and Polymer Models. IV. Thermolysis of a Polymethacrylate Model With an Unsaturated End Group
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1987
VL  - 40
IS  - 8
SP  - 1477
EP  - 1481
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9871477 
N2  - Thermal degradation of a model for the 'unsaturated end group' of poly(methyl methacrylate ) gives products which suggest that homolytic bond cleavage, and not a retro-ene reaction, is the major pathway. The diester (CH3)2C(COOCH3)CH2C(COOCH3)=CH2, when heated at 250-300º, gives up to 50 mole % of methyl 2-methylpropanoate (methyl isobutyrate ). 
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