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ScienceAsia 9 (1983): 053-057 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1983.09.053

 

A SUPPORTING EVIDENCE FOR (2 +2) CYCLOADDITION OLIGOMERIZATION OFPHENYLACETYLENE

 

SAMORNRAT VATANATHAM and SUWIT EKSIRINIMIT

ABSTRACT: The polymerization of phenylacetylene by chromium hexacarbonyl in toluene was studied in detail. Since ladder compounds containing fused cyclobutane rings were isolated, the proposed (2+2)-cycloaddition mechanism for oligomerization was corroborated.

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Department of Chemistry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Thailand

Received 27 August 1982