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Polymerization by Insertion of Molecular Oxygen into Crystals of 7,7,8,8‐Tetrakis(ethoxycarbonyl)quinodimethane
Author(s) -
Nomura Shinji,
Itoh Takahito,
Ohtake Masaki,
Uno Takahiro,
Kubo Masataka,
Kajiwara Atsushi,
Sada Kazuki,
Miyata Mikiji
Publication year - 2003
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/anie.200352355
Subject(s) - copolymer , slipping , polymerization , crystallography , oxygen , crystal structure , materials science , polymer chemistry , oxygen atom , crystal (programming language) , molecular oxygen , chemistry , molecule , polymer , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , programming language , computer science , engineering
Slipping through the lattice : Molecular oxygen reacts with crystals of quinodimethane 1 to give highly crystalline alternating copolymers by means of a radical mechanism. An X‐ray crystallographic study indicates that the unique arrangement of 1 in the crystal is crucial to the copolymerization.