Polymerization of o-quinodimethanes. III. Polymerization of o-quinodimethanes bearing electron-withdrawing groups formed in situ by thermal ring-opening isomerization of corresponding benzocyclobutenes

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1555-1563

  Chino, Keisuke ^a,c   Takata, Toshikazu ^b,c   Endo, Takeshi ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOMERIZATION; MONOMERS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

BENZOCYCLOBUTENE; ELECTRON WITHDRAWING; QUINODIMETHANE; THERMAL RING-OPENING ISOMERIZATION;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0032625748     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19990515)37:10<1555::AID-POLA17>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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