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The polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) initiated by the system of tetramethyltetrazene (TMT) and dimethyl maleate (DM) was carried out in dimethyl formamide. The polymerization proceeded through a radical mechanism. The initial rate of polymerization, Rp, was expressed by the following equation Rp=k[TMT]0.57[DM]0.64[AN]2.00 A probable initiation mechanism was proposed according to the results of the kinetic studies and the data of NMR measurements of the TMT/DM system in the presence and absence of AN.
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Sugiyama, K., Nakaya, T. & Imoto, M. Vinyl Polymerization. CCLVIII. Polymerization of Acrylonitrile Initiated by Tetramethyltetrazene and Dimethyl Maleate System. Polym J 2, 50–55 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.2.50
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