Influence of diluent compositions on the porous structure of methacrylate derivatives of aromatic diols and divinylbenzene

Synthesis and properties of the new aromatic tetrafunctional methacrylate monomer 2,7-(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropoxy)naphthalene are presented. This monomer was applied for the synthesis of porous microspheres. It was copolymerized with divinylbenzene in the presence of pore-forming diluents, decan-1-ol and toluene. Influence of diluents composition on their porous structures was studied. Porous structures of the obtained microspheres in dry (from nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurements) and swollen (the inverse size exclusion chromatography method) states were compared with those synthesized from isomeric 2,3-(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropoxy)-naphthalene and divinylbenzene.