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Poly(ethylene oxide) macromonomers carrying p-vinylbenyl and methacrylate end-groups were prepared by the anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide followed by reactions with p-vinylbenzyl chloride and methacryloyl chloride, respectively. Radical copolymerization with styrene (M1) in tetrahydrofuran at 60°C was carried out to give the macromonomer’s relative reactivity (1/r1), which decreased by a factor as much as about 1/2 with increasing degree of polymerization to about 100. This is discussed in terms of the kinetic excluded volume effect but by taking into consideration the generally repulsive interaction between different polymer chains and/or some different solution behavior of the polymers. These should be important factors in copolymerization involving the macromonomer.
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Ito, K., Tsuchida, H., Hayashi, A. et al. Reactivity of Poly(ethylene oxide) Macromonomers in Radical Copolymerization. Polym J 17, 827–839 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.17.827
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