Aqueous reverse iodine transfer polymerization of acrylic acid

Discekici EH; Lee IH; Ren JM; Bates MW; McGrath AJ; de Alaniz JR; Laitar DS; Van Dyk AK; Kalantar TH; Hawker CJ

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.57, No.18, 1877-1881, 2019

Discekici EH, Lee IH, Ren JM, Bates MW, McGrath AJ, de Alaniz JR, Laitar DS, Van Dyk AK, Kalantar TH, Hawker CJ

The utilization of sodium iodide, potassium persulfate, and a thermal radical initiator enables facile access to PAA via the direct reverse iodine transfer polymerization of acrylic acid. This polymerization proceeds rapidly in aqueous media using inexpensive and commercially available reagents.

Keywords:alkyl iodide;aqueous polymerization;degenerative transfer;iodide salt;PAA;reverse iodine transfer polymerization