CYCLOALKANE PERKETAL INITIATORS FOR STYRENE POLYMERIZATION .3. DECOMPOSITION CHEMISTRY OF SPIROPERKETALS

Authors
DAIS VA DRUMRIGHT RE ELLINGTON E KASTL PE PRIDDY DB
Citation
Va. Dais et al., CYCLOALKANE PERKETAL INITIATORS FOR STYRENE POLYMERIZATION .3. DECOMPOSITION CHEMISTRY OF SPIROPERKETALS, Macromolecules, 26(9), 1993, pp. 2259-2263
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecules → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249297
Volume
26
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2259 - 2263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(1993)26:9<2259:CPIFSP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Initiators that form diradicals are of interest due to their potential for increasing polymerization rate. Spiroperketals made from 2,5-dihy droperoxy-2,5-dimethylhexane and cyclic ketones theoretically can form two diradical fragments during decomposition. However, thermolyses in ethylbenzene and styrene showed that they mainly undergo in-cage deco mposition, resulting in poor performance as both hydrogen atom abstrac tors and polymerization initiators.