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On the reported intermediacy of vinyl radicals in spontaneous polymerization: An ESR-spin trapping study and its significance for the bond forming initiation theory

EA Mash, HG Korth, SM DeMoss

Index: Mash, Eugene A.; Korth, Hans-Gert; DeMoss, Suzanne M. Tetrahedron, 1997 , vol. 53, # 45 p. 15297 - 15320

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Abstract

Deuterated isopropyl vinyl sulfides and diethyl fumarate were synthesized and employed in a re-investigation of the mechanism of initiation of spontaneous polymerization of these comonomers by means of spin-trapping/ESR spectroscopy. Previous radical spin-trapping studies had been interpreted as indicating the involvement of vinyl radicals. While our studies produced data substantially in agreement with the previous study, it must be noted ...