Water → Prop-2-enamide;styrene

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Polystyrenesulfonate (22.5 mmoles, 3.918 g), acrylamide (3.45 mmoles, 0.245 g), styrene (3.45 mmoles, 0.3953 mL) and divinylbenzene (0.6 mmoles, 85.5 microL) were dissolved in 10 mL ethanol and 10 mL water in a 40 mL vial fitted with a septum cap. The solution was degassed by bubbling nitrogen through and 1 mole % AIBN was added as a solution. The polymerization solution was further degassed and the placed in a heated reaction block at 60° C. for 18 h. A clear, colorless gel formed.

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