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Polyhomologation: Synthesis of Novel Polymethylene Architectures by a Living Polymerization of Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide
Author(s) -
Shea Kenneth J.,
Busch Brett B.,
Paz Manuel M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980605)37:10<1391::aid-anie1391>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - polymerization , ylide , chemistry , methylene , polymer chemistry , living polymerization , radical polymerization , organic chemistry , polymer
Not conventional polymerization of ethylene, but rather the title reaction has allowed access to the ω ‐functionalized tertiary polymethylene alcohols 1 . The ylide CH 2 SOMe 2 is the methylene source in this living polymerization, and the chain length can be set by the initial ratio of ylide to organoborane.