V. Bounorlegare et al., THERMAL-REACTION OF N-(4'-BENZYL)PHENYL-1,2,3,6-TETRAHYDROPHTHALIMIDE- A MODEL FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF TETRAHYDROPHTHALIMIDE END-CAPPED OLIGOMERS, Polymer, 39(13), 1998, pp. 2825-2833
N-(4'-benzyl)phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthalimide model compound has b
een synthesized and its thermal reaction mechanism studied. The produc
ts of the N-(4'-benzyl)phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) the
rmal treatment have been analysed by H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance, s
ize exclusion chromatography and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometr
y. According to quantitative analysis (column chromatography), only 50
% of the reaction products are oligomerization products. Competitive i
somerization (20%) and disproportionation (5%) reactions were evidence
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