Abstract Reactions of methyloxirane with the title compounds lead to the formation of a mixture of cyclic and linear oligomers with average polymerisation degree ranging from 5 to 10. The oligomers are formed by combination of back-bitting reaction with re-initiation of the transiently desactivated reaction centers followed by monomer transfer. The important role which these reactions play in the overall oligomerisation of methyloxirane is due to the fact ...
