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α,α-Dimethylbenzyl methacrylate (DMBMA) was polymerized by anionic initiators and the tacticities of the polymers were determined from the PMR spectra of poly(methyl methacrylate)s derived from them. By butyllithium (n-BuLi), an isotactic polymer was obtained in toluene and a syndiotactic one in tetrahydrofuran (THF). Grignard reagents gave isotactic polymers in good yields. DMBMA was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) by n-BuLi in toluene and THF. The copolymerization in toluene produced two kinds of copolymers: one was the usual copolymer, and the other predominantly consisted of MMA over 90% and was a mixture of isotactic and syndio tactic polymers. The stereoregularity of the copolymer obtained in THF was close to that of the homopolymer of DMBMA.
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Yuki, H., Ohta, K., Hatada, K. et al. Polymerization of α,α-Dimethylbenzyl Methacrylate and Its Copolymerization with Methyl Methacrylate by Anionic Initiators. Polym J 9, 511–518 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.9.511
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