I. Cho, Jin-bong Kim
Oct 1, 1980
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Journal of Polymer Science Part A
Abstract
To investigate further the anionic ring-opening polymerization of substituted cyclopropane 2-phenylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (I), 2-ethylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (II), and 2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarbonitrile (III) were prepared and polymerized with sodium cyanide in N,N-dimethylformamide. Under these conditions only I polymerized well. The polymer in I was soluble in hot sulfolane and the inherent viscosity was 0.5 dl/g (conc. 0.5 g in 100 ml). This result supports the previously postulated mechanism that a cyclopropane ring with properly positioned electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents can polymerize by opening the bond activated by a “push–pull” system.