As. Rosenberg et al., REACTIVITY OF METAL-CONTAINING MONOMERS - 48 - THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF COBALT(II) MALEATE, Russian chemical bulletin, 47(2), 1998, pp. 259-264
Thermal conversion of cobalt(II) maleate, CoC4H2O4 . 2H(2)O, (1) at 34
0-370 degrees C was studied. The composition of the products of pyroly
sis was determined. The major solid-phase product of decomposition con
sists of nano-sized particles of CoO (sizes vary within narrow limits)
stabilized by the polymeric matrix. Thermal conversions of Co-II male
ate involve dehydration, polymerization of dehydrated monomers, and de
carboxylation of the resulting polymer.