Solid‐state polymerization of acrylamide and its derivatives complexed with some lewis acids. II. Radiation‐induced in‐source polymerization

Radiation‐induced solid‐state polymerizations of complexes of N‐tert‐butylacrylamide, N‐tert‐amylacrylamide, and N‐tert‐hexylacrylamide with zinc chloride and zinc bromide have been studied. An accelerating effect of temperature and an inhibiting effect of oxygen on the polymerization process were observed. The activation energies have been established. The influence of monomer structure as well as the halide used on the polymerization rate have been discussed and some regularities have been pointed out. The polymers obtained show good solubilities in common solvents, which proves that they are not crosslinked.