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The configuration of maleic anhydride units in p-methoxystyrene-maleic anhydride copolymers prepared in methyl ethyl ketone at 50°C was studied using 13C NMR DEPT experiments. The ratio of cis (erythro) to trans (threo) configurations was found to increase with the tendency of the monomer units to alternate, remaining almost constant at approximately 1.33 when the mole fraction of maleic anhydride in the feed was larger than 0.30 and the monomer unit sequence was almost completely alternating. Also, para substitution on the styrene monomer units was found to greatly improve the resolution of the 13C NMR DEPT spectra for copolymers of p-methoxystyrene and p-chlorostyrene with maleic anhydride as compared with that of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers.
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Brown, P.G., Fujimori, K. & Tucker, D.J. Quantitative determination of the content of cis/trans configurations of maleic anhydride units in p-methoxystyrene-maleic anhydride copolymers by 13C NMR DEPT experiments. Polymer Bulletin 27, 543–547 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300602
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