A computational study of the radical ring-opening polymerization of diphosphetanes

Coote, Michelle; Namazian, Mansoor; Wild, Stanley (Bruce)

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A computational study of the radical ring-opening polymerization of diphosphetanes

Date

2010

Authors

Coote, Michelle

Namazian, Mansoor

Wild, Stanley (Bruce)

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Radical ring-opening of four-membered 1,3-diphosphetanes appears to be a facile process of similar propensity and mechanism to that of the parent phosphetanes, but the greater kinetic stability of the diphosphetanes could make them more attractive precursors for polymerization.