Use of 4-piperidones in one-pot syntheses of novel, high-molecular-weight linear and virtually 100%-hyperbranched polymers?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2009-06-10 DOI: 10.1039/B907042G

Abstract

4-Piperidone and 4-alkyl piperidones react selectively with aromatic hydrocarbons in a mixture of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFSA) and CH2Cl2 to give linear polymers, while N-(2-phenethyl)piperidone undergoes self-polymerization to yield virtually 100%-hyperbranched polymer.

Graphical abstract: Use of 4-piperidones in one-pot syntheses of novel, high-molecular-weight linear and virtually 100%-hyperbranched polymers
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