Synthesis of 2, 2-Dimethylalkanoic Acids from Ethylene

DD Coffman, JR Roland

Index: Coffman; Roland Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 3392

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 2

Abstract

The free radical-initiated polymerization of styrene in the presence of carbon tetrachloride has been found to yield products presumed to be terminated by-C1 and-CCl, end- groups.'Also, the polymerization of ethylene in the presence of halogenated methanes has been described. Carbon tetrachloride as a chain transfer agent gave a series of a, a, a, w- tetrachloroalkanes, CI (CH2-CH2). CCls, among which members having n values of 1 to 4, ...