Tert-Butyl benzene iodide

Dilithium or disodium areneditellurolates were alkylated with methyl iodide, dimethyl sulfateX or diethyl sulfate. The areneditellurolates were prepared from the corresponding dibromides and tert.-butyl lithium in tetrahydrofuran and treatment of the resulting mixture with powdered tellurium, or by the reduction of poly(l,4-phenylene ditellurium) with sodium borohydride in ethanol/benzene". ... 

The DT of acrylates (butyl acrylate and methyl acrylate) with alkyl iodides was reported by Gaynor et al. and Matyjaszewski et al in 1995. For instance, solution polymerization of butyl acrylate in benzene initiated by AIBN at 50 °C in the presence of 1-phenylethyl iodide provided poly(butyl acrylate) with 97% monomer conversion in 7.5 h and Mn = 19 SOOgmol" (close to Mn,theoredcai = 18000gmor ) (Scheme 15a). The PDI = 2.0 is large, indicating a rather low Cex value. Later on, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and tert-butyl acrylate were also polymerized by DT in the presence of bis(iodomethyl)benzene or PS-I, respectively. ... 

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