Processes occurring during the interaction of molecular bromine with acrylamide at low temperatures and upon heating the mixture

Abstract

It has been shown that the addition of molecular bromine to the monomer acrylamide (AA) results in the spontaneous formation of radicals. During heating the AA + Br₂ mixture, the radicals initiate polymerization and bromination reactions. Beginning well below the melting point of bromine, both the reactions proceed at a noticeable rate at its melting temperature.