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Methyl 2-cyano-3-dihalophenyl-2-propenoates, R2C6H3CH=C(CN)CO2CH3 (R2= 2,4-difluoro, 2,5-difluoro, 2,6-difluoro, 3,4-difluoro, 3,5-difluoro, and 2-chloro-6-fluoro), were prepared by the piperidine catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation of corresponding disubstituted benzaldehydes and methyl cyanoacetate. Novel copolymers of the propenoates and styrene were prepared at equimolar monomer feed by solution copolymerization in the presence of a radical initiator. The order of relative reactivity (1/r 1) was 2,5-difluoro (2.11) > 2,6-difluoro (1.84) > 3,5-difluoro (1.71) > 2,4-difluoro (1.4) > 3,4-difluoro (0.65) > 2-chloro-6-fluoro (0.59). The copolymers were characterized by IR, 1H and 13C NMR, GPC, DSC and TGA. High glass transition temperatures of the copolymers compared that of polystyrene indicates a substantial decrease in chain mobility of the copolymers due to the high dipolar character of the trisubstituted ethylene monomer unit.
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Received: 12 June 2000/Revised version: 12 September 2000/Accepted: 12 September 2000
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Kharas, G., Kim, K., Beinlich, K. et al. Novel copolymers of trisubstituted ethylenes with styrene — 7. Methyl 2-cyano-3-dihalophenyl-2-propenoates. Polymer Bulletin 45, 351–357 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890070007
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890070007