Novel methacrylate copolymers functionalized with fluoroarylamide; copolymerization kinetics, thermal stability and antimicrobial properties.

In the first step of this study, 2-oxo-2-[(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)amino]ethyl-2-methylprop-2-enoate(OTFAMA) monomer was synthesized and characterized. Then, a series copolymers were obtained by free-radical copolymerization method of OTFAMA and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), which is a commercial monomer at 65 °C in 1,4-dioxane solvent. Structural characterizations of synthesized monomer and copolymers were carried out using FTIR, H-C-NMR instruments. The composition of the copolymers was estimated by elemental analysis. The reactivity ratios ( and ) were obtained from the various linear graphical methods. The values of (OTFAMA) = 0.33 and (GMA) = 0.45 were found from the same graphical methods. The thermal behaviors of all the polymers have been investigated using the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). A kinetic study of the thermal decompostion of copolymers was investigated using thermogravimetric analyzer with non-isothermal methods selected for analyzing solid-state kinetics data. The average activation energy values were calculated Kissinger and Ozawa models in a period of α = 0.10-0.80. Photo stability of the copolymers was investigated. Also, the biological activity of the copolymers against different bacterial and fungal species has been investigated.