STEREOCOMPLEX FORMATION BETWEEN ISOTACTIC PMMA AND SYNDIOTACTIC POLYMETHACRYLATES IN BULK AND IN SOLUTION

Blend of isotactic PMMA and syndiotactic poly(benzyl methacrylate) was found to form stereocomplex when annealed at 80°C. The blend showed endotherm in DSC thermogram due to the melting of the complex. The complex was also formed in toluene, which was evidenced by1H NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. Several syndiotactic polymers of substituted benzyl methacrylates and aliphatic methacrylates having primary alkyl ester group with branching at β-position, such as methallyl and cyclopropylmethyl methacrylates, were also found to form stereocomplexes with isotactic PMMA in bulk by annealing. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.