Polymerization of bicyclic compounds

Polymerization of Bicyclic Compounds Having Oxygen Atoms. 109... 

Interest in the polymerization of bicyclic compounds stems from possibilities offered in synthetic polymer chemistry by this group of monomers. Thus, polymerization of anhydro sugars, i.e. substituted bicyclic acetals, leads to synthetic biopolymers-polysaccharides or their analogs. Polymerization of certain bicyclic monomers provides systems expanding on conversion from monomer into polymer. 

In the course of a series of studies on the ring-opening polymerization of bicyclic compounds, the authors found that a bicyclic oxalactone, 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-7-one, underwent cationic pol5nnerization to give cyclic dimer. 

Okada, M. Ring-Opening Polymerization of Bicyclic and Spiro Compounds. Vol. 102, pp. 1-46. 

Ring-Opening Polymerization of Bicyclic and Spiro Compounds... 

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