In the presence of organosilanes, dicobalt octacarbonyl catalyzes the polymerization of alkyl allyl ethers to give high molecular weight polymers. This article reports the results of a detailed mechanistic study of this new polymerization reaction. The evidence obtained in this study supports a step
Transition metal-catalyzed tandem isomerization and cationic polymerization of allyl ethers. I. Discovery and scope
✍ Scribed by James V. Crivello; Surésh K. Rajaraman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-624X
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✦ Synopsis
Allyl ethers are readily polymerized using a new polymerization reaction termed: transition metal-catalyzed tandem isomerization and cationic polymerization. Employing dicobalt octacarbonyl in combination with organosilanes, polymerization takes place rapidly and exothermically to give high molecular weight polymers. In this first article, the concepts leading to the discovery of this novel type of polymerization are presented along with the results of initial studies.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Alkyl allyl ethers undergo facile thermally induced isomerization to alkyl 1-propenyl ethers in the presence of Group VIII transition metal carbonyl compounds as catalysts. The addition of a silane containing a Si-H bond to these systems results in a catalyst system that is capable of not only isome