Estimation of Copper Deactivating Activity of Diacylhydrazines by Multiple Regression Analysis

Abstract

Diacylhydrazines have copper deactivating activity for polypropylene. The multiple regression analysis was made to estimate their activities. That is, sixty-two diacylhydrazines were synthesized and their activities with other physical properties were measured. Among the calculated equations, a second order equation of five physical properties provided the highest accuracy of estimation. Thus, it was shown that the multiple regression analysis can be used as a screening test for copper deactivator efficiency.