H. K. Hall, M. A. Howey
Nov 1, 1984
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Polymer Bulletin
Abstract
SummaryNitro-substituted aromatic diazonium ions, sulfonates, and halides initiated cationic polymerization of p-methoxystyrene in nitromethane solution. p-Nitrobenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate was by far the most effective of five such compounds tested. The mechanism is believed to involve addition of the nucleophilic monomer to the aromatic ring to form a Meisenheimer intermediate. Elimination of the leaving group forms a carbenium ion which initiates polymerization.