oxime

This is the page for the Oxime Polymer Project.

The goal of this project is to prepare polymers from acrolein oxime and methacrolein oxime along with their acetate and methanesulfonate esters. The resulting polymers will be characterized for Molecular Weight and thermal stability, then will be evaluated as base polymers for photoresists.

Here is the project overview: [|oxime scheme.pdf].

There are some good references available.

An Organic Syntheses procedure for an oxime: [|org syn 2.pdf]

An Organic Syntheses procedure for an oxime ester: [|oxime and ester org syn.pdf]

Procedures for oximes of methacrolein([|methacrolein oxime ref.pdf]) and other alkylacroleins.([|acrolein oximes marvel.pdf]) NOTE: There is mention of explosive decomposition of the residue from distillation of the oximes!

Brian Cook will work on acrolein.

Charles Defendorf will work on methacrolein.