Enthalpy polymerization reaction properties

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The properties of the thiiranes are primarily due to ring strain. In spite of the smaller strain enthalpy, thiirane is thermally less stable than oxirane. Even at room temperature, linear macromolecules are formed because of polymerization of ring-opened products. Substituted thiiranes are thermally more stable. The following reactions are typical for thiiranes [13] ... 

To be polymerized, vinyl monomers use the property that with the addition of each monomer, the resulting free radical maintains the same structure as that of the attacking radical and sustains the ability to add new molecules. In the formation of monomeric unit chains, the variation of entropy is negative, that is, the monomer-to-polymer conversion entails a reduction of disorder, while a compensation of the enthalpy term is observed. The alteration results in a negative variation of enthalpy therefore, the reaction is exothermic. 

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