Acrylamide has been free radical copolymerized with styrene and methyl methacrylate at 70°C in different solvents (dioxane, dioxane/ethanol mixture, ethanol). A strong influence of the solvent on the copolymer compositions has been observed; particularly copolymers richer in acrylamide have always been obtained in dioxane. These results indicate that the nature of the solvent (polarity, dielectric constant etc.) could affect the polarity and the reactivity of the acrylamide double bond as well as the stability of the growing radical. Other factors are also discussed.
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