Abstract: Synthesis and free-radical initiated copolymerization of N-acryl-N,N'-di-tert-butylurea (A-DitBuU) with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) are described. The A-DitBuU monomer was prepared by the condensation of acrylic acid to the N,N'-di-tert-butylcarbodiimide (DitBuC) at room temperature. Copolymers of A-DitBuU with EDMA of different monomer to monomer ratios in the feed were prepared in the presence of dibenzoyl peroxide (Bz2O2) in butanone at 70 °C for 48 h up to a high conversion. The obtained crosslinked copolymers are insoluble in organic solvents. Copolymers thermal decomposition resulted in separation of tert-butylisocyanate (C4H9NCO) in the temperature range between 180 and 280 °C and by the formation of the thermally stable molecularly imprinted copolymers of N-acryl-N-tercbutylamide (A-tBuA) with EDMA
Template and target information: t-butyl isocyanate
Author keywords: N-acryl-N,N'-di-tert-butylurea, poly(N-acryl-N,N'-di-tert-butylurea-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), Thermal degradation, Tert-butylisocyanate, poly(N-acryl-N-tert-butylamide-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate)