## Abstract The radical cation, distonic dimer radical cation, and radical of 2,3‐dihydropyran (DHP), which may play an important role in mechanism of radical polymerisations of DHP, were radiolytically generated at low temperatures in freon matrices and investigated by electron paramagnetic resona
On the Radiation-Induced Polymerisation of 2,3-Dihydropyran
✍ Scribed by Sergej Naumov; Igor Janovský; Wolfgang Knolle; Reiner Mehnert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 205
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1352
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Summary: Concentrated (5 mol‐%) solutions of 2,3‐dihydropyran in CFCl~2~CF~2~Cl matrix were irradiated at 77 K and several intermediates – radical cation, dimer radical cation, dihydropyryl radical and a trapped polymer radical – were observed by low‐temperature EPR spectroscopy. The irradiated solutions yielded after melting a polymeric product, which was characterised by IR spectroscopy and GPC. The polydisperse polymer is assumed to be formed by a cationic process initiated by a dimer carbocation. The polymerization proceeds via the ring double bonds, while ring‐opening reaction occurs in a small extent. The free‐radical mechanism via the dihydropyryl radical leads to low molecular weight oligomers only. The quantum chemical calculations support the interpretation of the experimental results.
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