INVESTIGATION OF POLYMERIZATION OF (2,3,4,5,6)-PENTAFLUOROSTYRENE IN THE PRESENCEOF POLY-2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE CHAIN TRANSFER AGENT
The radical polymerization of 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene (PFS) in the presence of poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with a dithiobenzoate end group as a chain transfer agent was studied in situ in DMF-d7 by 1H NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the reaction proceeds practically without an induction period with a higher rate than the polymerization of PFS in the presence of low molecular weight chain transfer agent. One of the possible reasons for the observed kinetic laws is the self-assembly of diblock-copolymers of PFS and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate during the polymerization.