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Date of Award
1-1-1973
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Document type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Polymer Science and Engineering
Abstract
Benzyl chloride (1.2,3,4) in the presence of many Lewis acid catalysts will undergo a rapid self-condensation reaction during which HCl is evolved and polybenzyl is produced. Various other catalysts, such as metal powders (5,6), metal oxides (7) and aluminumalkyls (8), are also known to polymerize benzyl chloride to this polymer, but all polymers thus obtained have been found to be highly branched and relatively low molecular weight (7,9,11,12). As a result, the products are generally amorphous resins which soften in the range 60°-80°C.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/weyr-gc54
Recommended Citation
Kuo, Wen-cheng, "Linear polybenzyl and its derivatives." (1973). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 595.
https://doi.org/10.7275/weyr-gc54
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/595