Photopolymerization of Methacrylic Acid with Phenylsilane

The bulk photopolymerization of methacrylic acid (MA) with phenylsilane was performed to produce poly(MA)s containing phenylsilyl moiety presumably as an end group. It was found that while the polymerization yields and intrinsic viscosities decreased, the TGA residue yields and the relative intensities of SiH IR stretching bands increased with increasing molar ratio of phenylsilane over MA. The phenylsilane seemed to significantly influence on the photopolymerization as both chain initiation and chain transfer agents.

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