Methyl Methacrylate → Methyl 2-acetyloxyacrylate methyl methacrylate

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8.6 Grams (60 millimoles) of methyl 2-acetyloxyacrylate obtained in Synthesis Example 1 (1) and 6.0 g (60 millimoles) of methyl methacrylate arc polymerized after a similar manner to Example 1 (2). After cooling, the reaction solution is poured into 500 ml of n-hexane to cause precipitation. The precipitate crystal is recovered by filtration and dried to give 9.8 g of poly(methyl 2-acetyloxyacrylate/methyl methacrylate) as white powder. The structural ratio of methyl 2-acetyloxyacrylate unit to methyl methacrylate unit is found as 1:1 by 1HNMR measurement. The weight-average molecular weight is found to be 11,840 and the dispersion is found to be 1.58 by GPC method using polystyrene as a standard.

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