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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A systematic study of the preparation of dimethylacrylamide resins carrying amino, carboxyl or activated carboxyl functionality is reported. Details of the syntheses of dimethylacrylamide (<jats:bold>1</jats:bold>) and a number of acrylamide‐based crosslinking (<jats:bold>2</jats:bold>) and functional (<jats:bold>3–5</jats:bold>) monomers are given. The terpolymerization of <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> with <jats:bold>3</jats:bold> (or with <jats:bold>4</jats:bold> or <jats:bold>5</jats:bold>) by a water in oil (w/o or reverse) suspension polymerization procedure is described for the preparation of dimethylacrylamide resins having a wide range of functionality and swelling behaviour. The swellability of several of the resin samples in dichloromethane, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, methanol, acetic acid, and water is given. Typical chemical transformations of dimethylacrylamide resins are also described.</jats:p>