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N-trimethylsilyl methacrylamide (TMS-MAm), a new methacrylamide precursor, has been synthesized and characterized. 2,2’-Azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) initiated radical polymerization of TMS-MAm was carried out in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and toluene using the triazolinyl radical (T•) as additive. The mechanism of ‘‘self regulation’’ that triazolinyl offers is found to work well in the solution polymerization process over a reasonably wide range of temperature up to 79% conversion. Molecular weight distributions below or close to the theoretical limit of 1.5 and high degree of end functionalization could be achieved. The polymers obtained could be easily converted to polymethacrylamide under mild conditions.
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Dasgupta, A., Klapper, M. & Müllen, K. Controlled Polymerization of N-trimethylsilyl Methacrylamide: A New Polymethacrylamide Precursor . Polym. Bull. 60, 199–210 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-007-0857-7
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