Computational study of the kinetics and mechanism of radical polymerization of acrylic acid and derivatives in organic solvents

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate the kinetics and mechanisms of radical polymerization for acrylic acid and its derivatives in various organic solvents.
• Performed computational analysis to study polymerization kinetics
• Focused on acrylic acid derivatives (AADs)
• Measured propagation rate constants in different organic solvents
• Confirmed successful radical polymerization of acrylic acid derivatives
• Yielded propagation rate constants ranging from 10^1 to 10^4 M−1 s−1