CAN CARBON-MONOXIDE POLYMERIZE - A THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF POLYKETONE

Authors
FRAPPER G CU CX HALET JF SAILLARD JY KERTESZ M
Citation
G. Frapper et al., CAN CARBON-MONOXIDE POLYMERIZE - A THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF POLYKETONE, Chemical communications, (20), 1997, pp. 2011-2012
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2011 - 2012
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):20<2011:CCP-AT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
State of the art ab initio calculations on R(CO)(n)R (R = H, Me; n = 1 -11) indicate that the hypothetical polymer of carbon monoxide, poly-C O, would be energetically less stable than the molecular form only by a few kcal mol(-1), making it a plausible stable allotropic form of CO .