Research Article

Stereocontrol of Methyl Methacrylate during Photoinduced Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization in the Presence of Photosensitive Alkoxyamine

Table 1

Experiment data of PMMA by photopolymerization.

InitiatorTime (h)Conv. (%)  PDITacticity (::

DMPA17.07189002.2027.0/27.9/45.140.95/59.05
253.17283002.7427.4/26.1/46.540.45/59.55
377.52435002.6324.4/27.8/47.835.80/60.20

PE-TEMPO-Q211.315317177002.098.7/31.2/60.124.30/75.70
5321.349650285001.866.8/32.1/61.122.85/77.15
6427.4912307353001.744.9/34.7/60.422.25/77.75
7545.5120092430001.694.8/34.5/60.722.05/77.95
8657.5225280498001.594.5/34.1/61.421.55/78.45

PE-TEMPO-Q29.111743105001.849.9/32.6/57.526.20/73.80
10318.873149142001.747.1/34.3/58.624.25/75.75
11428.524539173001.625.9/35.9/58.223.85/76.15
12541.106351196001.574.9/34.9/60.222.35/77.65
13648.237377225001.494.4/35.4/60.222.10/77.90
14858.528859270001.454.4/34.7/60.921.76/78.25
151067.1310098287001.424.5/34.5/61.021.75/78.25
161274.3811142300001.384.5/34.6/61.121.80/78.40

(a) Light intensity was 20 mW/cm2, = 1 mL; (b) DMPA = 2 wt.%; (c)  PE-TEMPO-Q =  mmol; (d)  mmol; (e) = (MMAAlkoxyamine.%) + ; (f) measured by GPC in THF; (g) = isotactic triads; = atactic triads; = syndiotactic triads; (h) calculated based on triad tacticity (/2, /2).