Investigation of the intramolecular structure of styrene-ethylmethacrylate copolymers by 1H- and 13C-NMR: Reassignment of 1H-NMR spectra

The compositions and sequence distributions of homogeneous styrene (S)–ethyl methacrylate (E) copolymers, obtained by low conversion solution polymerization have been studied by 1H‐ and 13C‐NMR. A new set of peak triad assignments was proposed for the δ 2.1–4.2 ppm region in the 1H‐NMR spectrum, whereby the reactivity ratios of rS = 0.59 and rE = 0.50 were used to establish this new assignment. The EEE and SSS blocks, present in these copolymers, have a high degree of syndiotacticity (σEE = 0.23, σSS = 0.39), whereas the ESE units are exhibiting a slight tendency toward isotacticity (σES = 0.66).