Controlled electroinduced polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of catalytic amount of cerium(IV)

Controlled electroinduced methyl methacrylate (MMA) polymerization was realized with high yields and in short period of times by the use of catalytic amount of cerium(IV) [Ce(IV)] which is continuously regenerated. Progress of polymerization was followed electrochemically and spectrophotometrically. Resulting polymers were characterized by FT-IR and UV-Visible spectrometry and molecular weight of polymers were determined by GPC and viscometric measurements.