Synthesis, Characterization, and Molecular Structure of Cross-Linkable Rigid-Rod Liquid Crystalline Polyesters Containing Side Allyl Groups.

Synthesis, polymerization and structural

Synthesis, polymerization and structural characterization of a novel liquid crystalline side-chain poly(vinyl ether) containing dicyanovinyl groups and displaying coexisting smectic phases

✍ Mikael Trollsås; Henrik Ihre; Ulf W. Gedde; Anders Hult 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 619 KB

## Abstract The synthesis and cationic polymerization of the new monomer 4‐(2,2‐dicyanovinyl)‐4′‐(11‐vinyloxyundecyloxy)biphenyl (6) is described. The dicyanovinyl group tolerated thermally initiated and photoinitiated cationic bulk polymerization using onium salts as well as the BF~3~ · (EtO)~2~‐i