The monomer reactivity ratios for the copolymerization of tributyltin acrylate with styrene and allyl methacrylate have been found to be r1 = 0.213, r2 = 1.910 and r1 = 0.195, r2 = 2.257, respectively. Also, the copolymerization parameters of tributyltin methacrylate with styrene and allyl methacrylate were as follows: r1 = 0.256, r2 = 1.104 and r1 = 2.306, r2 = 1.013. Copolymerization reactions were carried out in solution at 70°C using 1 mole % AIBN, and the copolymer compositions were determined by tin analysis. Ternary copolymerization of the three systems butyl methacrylate–tributyltin methacrylate–acrylonitrile, butyl acrylate–tributyltin methacrylate–acrylonitrile, and styrene–tributyltin acrylate–acrylonitrile have been studied, and the terpolymer composition of each system was determined through tin and nitrogen analyses. The variation of instantaneous and average terpolymer composition with conversion fit satisfactorily the experimental results over a wide range of conversion. |
