Tetroxocane, radiation-induced polymerization

Radiation-induced polymerization of crystalline tetroxocane gives a highly crystalline linear polymer in essentially 100% yield (63MI51900,68MI51901), and this has attracted some industrial attention. Tetroxocane also gives a crystalline polymer very rapidly under cationic conditions (boron trifluoride etherate catalyst) and the kinetics of the process have been studied <76MI51900>. 

Crystalline polymers were obtained by the radiation-induced polymerization of various cyclic compounds in the solid state " . Especially the cyclic oligomers of formaldehyde (CHjO), i.e., trioxane (TOX) (n = 3), tetroxocane (TeOX) (n = 4), pentoxaiK (P OX) (n = 5), and hexoxane (HeOX) (n = 6), easily produce polyfoxy-methylene (POM) by radiation-induced polymerization in the solid state... 

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