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Comb-shaped Poly(eicosyl methacrylate) Polymer via reverse ATRP using Fe(III) complex

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Reverse atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of eicosyl methacrylate (EMA) has been carried out using homogeneous catalytic system Fe(III)/2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) for the first time. The polymerization follows first order kinetics with respect to monomer concentration. The number average molecular weight (Mn) of the synthesized poly(eicosyl methacrylate) (PEMA) shows a linear increase with the monomer conversion with much narrow molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) values in the range 1.20-1.55 indicates a controlled radical polymerization. The effect of various reaction parameters such as monomer, catalyst and initiator concentration have been investigated in order to go through the insight of polymerization mechanism. It has been observed that the rate of polymerization as well as initiator efficiency increases with increasing polymerization temperature and the apparent rate constant is calculated to be 6.54 \(\times\) 10-5 s-1 at 80 °C. The formation of PEMA has been confirmed by spectroscopic analysis while the thermal properties of the polymers are determined by differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) technique. The DSC study shows that the melting point values of PEMA are almost constant, regardless the conversion and molecular weight of the polymer.

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The authors wish to thank Director, CSIR NEIST, Jorhat for giving permission to publish these results and Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, New Delhi for financial support through project number GPP-0373.

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Mohan, B., Dutta, P.P. & Saikia, P.J. Comb-shaped Poly(eicosyl methacrylate) Polymer via reverse ATRP using Fe(III) complex. J Polym Res 30, 389 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-023-03765-9

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