Synthesis and investigation of copolymerization behaviour of new methacrylate copolymers having nitro substitüed aryl ketones

In this thesis; firstly, 2-(4-nitrofenil)-2-oksomethyl-2-methylprop-2-enoat(NFM) monomer was synthesized from the nucleofilic reaction of 2-bromo-4-nitroacetophenon with sodiummethacrylate in acetonitrile solution at 70-80 0C and characterized. Afterwards homopolymer of NFM was synthesized in 1,4-diooxone solvent by using azobisisobutyronitrile(AIBN) as an initiator at 65 0C and under nitrogen atmosphere in the flask glass. Copolymers of NFM with glycidylmethacrylate(GMA) were prepared in 1,4-dioxane solution by using AIBN as an initiator at 65 0C. Monomer, homopolymer and copolymer structures were characterized by using IR, 1H-NMR ve 13C-NMR spectroscopic techniques. Copolymer counpositions were determined by elementel analysis. The thermal behaviours of homopolymers and copolymers were investigated by using thermogravimetric analysis(TGA). The glass transition temparatures(Tg) of the synthesized polymers were determined by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).