Effect of the penultimate unit on radical stability and reactivity in free-radical polymerization

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1999

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Coote, Michelle
Davis, Thomas P
Radom, Leo

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American Chemical Society

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Ab initio molecular orbital calculations have been used to study the effect of γ substituents (X = H, F, or CN) on the addition of 1-Y,3-X-disubstituted propyl radicals (Y = F or CN) to ethylene. It is found that, although the γ substituent (i.e. penult

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Keywords: Addition reactions; Composition effects; Computational methods; Copolymerization; Free radical polymerization; Molecular structure; Molecular orbitals; Polyethylenes

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Macromolecules

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