Synthesis of 4-fluoro benzyl methacrylate monomers and copolymerization with n,n dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate

In this research, we synthesized derivate of monomer that include fluorine group. This purpose, we used 4-fluoro benzyl bromide and sodium methacrylate compound for synthesis. The free radical initiated copolymerization of FBM with N,N dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) were carried out 65 oC using 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator with different monomer-to-monomer ratios in the feed. Then, we synthesized copolymers with monomer and DMAEMA. This polymerization is free radical polymerization. The structure of the copolymers was characterized by FTIR, 1H and 13C-NMR NMR techniques. The reactivity ratios of the monomers were determined by the application of Fineman-Ross and Kelen-Tudos methods.