
%0 Journal Article
%A Lyons, RA 
%A Senogles, E 
%T Reactivities of Monomers Towards the 1-Methyl-1-(methoxycarbonyl)ethyl Radical
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1994/12/01
%V 47
%N 12
%P 2201-2209
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9942201
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9942201 
%X The relative reactivities of acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate , methyl methacrylate and styrene towards the 1-methyl-1-( methoxycarbonyl )ethyl radical have been determined at 60&#176;C, and the results compared with those for the poly (methyl methacrylate ) radical. The results for methyl acrylate suggest that the copolymerization of this monomer with methyl methacrylate is adequately described by a terminal mechanism. Those for styrene show that the presence of a penultimate styrene or methyl methacrylate unit in a poly(methyl methacrylate ) radical leads to a slightly greater preference for this radical to add styrene over methyl methacrylate compared to the 1-methyl-1-( methoxycarbonyl )ethyl radical. The results for methyl methacrylate and acrylonitrile suggest that the copolymerization of these monomers is probably best represented by a penultimate mechanism. 
