Abstraet--Cyclo-olefins may be polymerized under very mild conditions to give linear polymers using a mixture of WCI6 and A1Br3. No metal alkyls are involved. The polymers contain no vinylic unsaturation. \* Commercial product, 60 per cent trans, 30 per cent cis, I0 per cent saturated material. t T
On the mechanism of ring-opening polymerization of cyclo-olefins
โ Scribed by B.A. Dolgoplosk; K.L. Makovetsky; T.G. Golenko; Yu.V. Korshak; E.I. Tinyakova
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-3057
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โฆ Synopsis
From experimental data, a conclusion is drawn on chain character of cyclo-olefin ring-opening polymerization. It was suggested that the active centres of this process are carbene complexes of transition metals (W, Mo, Re). The confirmation of this view comes from studies on the initiation of ring-opening polymerization by complexes of tungsten chlorides with phenylcarbene. The latter is formed in the coordination sphere of tungsten by decomposition of phenyl diazomethane.
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