A novel catalyst system for the synthesis of N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide from acrylamide

Abdullah Avşar; Yener Gökbulut; Burak Ay; Selahattin Serin

doi:10.1080/15685551.2017.1332138

A novel catalyst system for the synthesis of N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide from acrylamide

Des Monomers Polym. 2017 May 26;20(1):434-440. doi: 10.1080/15685551.2017.1332138. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Abdullah Avşar¹, Yener Gökbulut¹, Burak Ay¹, Selahattin Serin¹

Affiliation

¹ Arts and Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

Abstract

N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide (MBAA), which is an important raw material in a widely industrial area, was synthesized using convenient catalysts. The synthesized monomer was fully characterized by the elemental analysis, fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, GC/MS, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. Six different homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts were used to obtain maximum monomer yield. The MBAA was obtained with 95% yield by using Cu(II) catalyst containing carboxylate groups ligands.

Keywords: Cu(II) complex; N,N′-Methylenebisacrylamide; catalyst; monomer synthesis.