• YOUSUF AKHTAR ROOMI
• J. L. MAURYA
• AKSHAY KUMAR SHUKLA

Radical copolymerization methodology was explored by and making use of acyclic terpenoids namely linalool with methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated by benzyol peroxide (BPO) in xylene at 80±1 oC for 50 minutes under inert atmosphere of N2. The reaction results in alternating copolymer as evidenced from reactivity ratios. The system follows ideal kinetics. The overall activation energy is 57.0 kJ / mol . The values of Mark-Houwink constants for present copolymer have been evaluated as  = 0.3 and K = 2.39 x 10-4 dl/g with the help of gel permeation chromatography. Alfrey Price, Q - e parameters for linalool have been evaluated as 4.59 and -2.24. The copolymer has been characterized by 1H-NMR, FTIR and GPC.

Copolymerization, Linalool, Mark-Houwink’s constant, Methyl methacrylate, Reactivity ratio.

"Measurement of Mark Houwink’s Constants, Reactivity Ratios and Kinetics in Radical Copolymerization of Linalool with Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by BPO", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 1, page no.218-242, January-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701731.pdf

"Measurement of Mark Houwink’s Constants, Reactivity Ratios and Kinetics in Radical Copolymerization of Linalool with Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by BPO", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 1, page no. pp218-242, January-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701731.pdf