Lanthanoid alkoxide as a novel initiator for the synthesis of polyester via polymerization of ketenes
β Scribed by Hiroshi Sugimoto; Masao Kanai; Shohei Inoue
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 450 KB
- Volume
- 199
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1352
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β¦ Synopsis
The present study demonstrates the polymerization of ketenes by using lanthanoid isopropoxide as a novel initiator to produce a polyester of high molecular weight. This is the first example of an efficient room-temperature polymerization of ketenes. As a result of model reactions, it is indicated that the /I-lactone type ketene cyclic dimer does not participate in the polyester formation from the ketene monomer with lanthanoid alkoxides, and that the alternating repetition of 0-acylation of the La ketone-enolate and C-acylation of the La ester-enolate is the most likely mechanism.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
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