S. Beuermann, M. Buback, M. Jürgens
Free-radical terpolymerization of styrene and two methacrylate monomers in homogeneous phase containing supercritical CO2
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 42, 633 (2003)


Styrene-methyl methacrylate-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymers to be used as binders in powder coating materials were synthesized in homogeneous fluid phase containing 20 wt.% CO2. Reactions carried out at 120 °C and 350 bar yield almost complete monomer conversion. The molecular weights were around 3000 g·mol–1 with a polydispersity index of 1.7. Molecular weight control was achieved by n-dodecyl mercaptan or by a catalytic chain-transfer agent. Simulations of the cumulative and differential copolymer composition are in excellent agreement with experimentally derived values.