Synthesis and research of optically transparent polymer on the basis of 2-metoxycarbonylparacyclopropylestyrene with glicidilmethacrylate

The new polyfunctional optically transparent polymer on the basis of 2-methoxycarbonyl paracyclopropyl styrene and glycidyl methacrylate has been synthesized. The compositions and structures have been established and the parameters of copolymerization of the synthesized copolymer have been found. The copolymerization constant values on Feineman – Ross equation (r1 = 1.36, r2 = 0.30) and Q – e parameters on Alfrey – Price (Q1 = 2.573, е1 = –0.846) have been calculated. It has been detected that 2-methoxycarbonyl paracyclopropyl styrene is more active monomer than glycidyl methacrylate. The parameters of the copolymer microstructure have been determined. In comparison with polystyrene, the obtained copolymer has a higher refractive index. It has been established that the degree of light transmission ( = 1.5820) is 88 – 90 %. Depending on the composition of the optically transparent copolymer, the change rate of the light transmission index has been studied. It has been shown that the synthesized copolymer exceeds polystyrene and glycidyl methacrylate on the main exploitation indices and shows the high optical transparency, which allows its use in the manufacture of details of optical devices.