Novel activated acrylates: synthesis, characterization and the reactivity ratios of 4-acetamidophenyl acrylate copolymers with methyl methacrylate and glycidyl methacrylate

A new functional activated acrylate, 4-acetamidophenyl acrylate (APA) was synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H- and 13C-NMR and mass spectra. Homo and copolymers of APA with MMA and GMA were prepared by free radical polymerization. All the copolymer compositions have been determined by 1H-NMR and the reactivity ratios of the monomer pairs have been evaluated. APA (r1): 1.099 and MMA (r2): 1.210 for copoly(APA–MMA) system. APA (r1): 0.648 and GMA (r2): 1.30 for copoly(APA–GMA) system. Thermal stability and molecular weights of the copolymers were reported.