Photoreduction of o-benzoquinone moiety in mono- and poly(quinone methacrylate) and on the surface of polymer matrix pores

Abstract

The kinetics of photoreduction under the action of visible light of the 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone moiety in methacrylic monomer, polymer, and in the graft layer on the surface of pores in the presence of different N,N-dimethylanilines has been studied. The reaction is accelerated with the increasing electron-donating ability of the amine. In the presence of N,N-dimethylaniline at 50-fold molar excess of the amine, the photoreduction in the porous polymer occurs three and four times faster than in the monomer and the polymer, respectively.