The Chemistry of Xylylenes. VII. Some Reactions of p-Xylylene that Occur via Cationic Intermediates2

LA Errede, JM Hoyt, RS Gregorian

Index: Errede,L.A. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1960 , vol. 82, p. 5224 - 5227

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Abstract

The reactivity of p-xylylene toward free radicals is so much greater than that of olefinic monomers such as styrene, acrylonitrile or butadiene that homopolymerization of the former goes to completion at-78” before interaction with the latter can occur even when the olefin is used as the solvent4 Similarly, polymerization of p-xylylene is not arrested by addition of “inhibitors,” such as amines, nitro compounds, phenols, hydroquinones, quinones, ...