Synthesis, characterization and thermodynamic properties of poly(3-mesityl-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)

Poly(3-mesityl-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) P(MHPMA-co-VP) was synthesized in 1, 4-dioxane solution using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiator at 60 °C. The copolymer was characterized by 1H 13C NMR, FT-IR, DSC, TGA, size exclusion chromatography analysis (SEC) and elemental analysis techniques. According to SEC, the number-average molecular weight (Mn), weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and polydispersity index (PDI) values of PMHPMA-co-VP were found to be 58,000, 481,000 g/mol and 8.26, respectively. According to TGA, carbonaceous residue value of PMHPMA-co-VP was found to be 6% at 500 °C. Also, some thermodynamic properties of PMHPMA-co-VP such as the adsorption enthalpy, ΔHa, molar evaporation enthalpy, ΔHv, the sorption enthalpy, Δ H 1 s , sorption free energy, Δ G 1 s , sorption entropy, Δ S 1 s , the partial molar free energy, Δ G 1 ∞ , the partial molar heat of mixing, Δ H 1 ∞ , at infinite dilution was determined for the interactions of PMHPMA-co-VP with selected alcohols and alkanes by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) method in the temperature range of 323–463 K. According to the specific retention volumes, V g 0 , the weight fraction activity coefficients of solute probes at infinite dilution, Ω 1 ∞ , and Flory–Huggins interaction parameters, χ 12 ∞ between PMHPMA-co-VP-solvents were determined in 413–453 K. According to Ω 1 ∞ and χ 12 ∞ , selected alcohols and alkanes were found to be non-solvent for PMHPMA-co-VP at 413–453 K. The glass transition temperature, Tg, of the PMHPMA-co-VP found to be 370 and 363 K, respectively, by IGC and DSC techniques, respectively.