An Efficient and General Strategy toward the Synthesis of Polyethylene-Based Cyclic Polymers

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 3193 - 3202
• Main Authors: Jiang, Yu, Zhang, Zhen, Wang, De, Hadjichristidis, Nikos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 24.04.2018
• Subjects: anthracenes; composite polymers; crystal structure; cycloaddition reactions; differential scanning calorimetry; esterification; gel chromatography; melting point; moieties; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; polyethylene; polymerization; tadpoles; thermal properties

A novel strategy toward well-defined polyethylene-based cyclic homo/copolymers is presented. Tris­(3-(anthracen-9-yl­methoxy)­propyl)­borane, prepared by hydroboration of 9-((allyloxy)­methyl)­anthracene with BH3, was used to initiate the polyhomologation of dimethyl­sulfoxonium methylide to afford...