Free-Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate
in Ionic Liquids¹

Ya. S. Vygodski², O. A. Mel’nik, E. I. Lozinskaya, and A. S. Shaplov

Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences,
ul. Vavilova 28, Moscow, 119991 Russia

Received July 8, 2003;
Revised Manuscript Received November 24, 2003

Abstract—The free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in ionic liquids based on 1,3-dialkyl-sub-
stituted imidazole was studied. In contrast to the case of common solvents, the polymerization in liquid organic
salts was shown to afford high-molecular-mass poly(methyl methacrylate) with a high yield.

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