Abstract
The methoxy 1H NMR signals in the 8 2.10-3.70 region for statistical styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymers have been reassigned for several methyl methacrylate centered triad/pentad resonances. Former literature assignments for statistical copolymers were inconsistent with experimental results. New peak assignments are completely based on pentad sequence distributions. Supporting evidence for these
reassignments is 2-fold: First, comparison of theoretically calculated and experimentally observed peak areas, and the use of various independent procedures for the determination of the coisotacticity parameter u, yields consistent results (u = 0.44). Second, 2D-NOESY (Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy) NMR experiments were carried out for alternating as well as for statistical copolymers. The results supported the
proposed reassignments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1473-1479 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1991 |