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Some Aspects of the Chemistry of the Two Step Durham Route to Polyacetylene

David C. Bott, C S Brown, John Hilton Edwards, William James Feast, David A.S Parker, Jeremy N. Winter

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Mechanistic aspects of the two step Durham route to polyacetylene are discussed. It is shown that a catalyst based on MoCl5 gives a higher proportion of cis vinylenes in both precursor polymer and nascent polyacetylene than does a WC16 based system.

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Mechanistic aspects of the two step Durham route to polyacetylene are discussed. It is shown that a catalyst based on MoCl5 gives a higher proportion of cis vinylenes in both precursor polymer and nascent polyacetylene than does a WC16 based system.

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Mechanistic aspects of the two step Durham route to polyacetylene are discussed. It is shown that a catalyst based on MoCl5 gives a higher proportion of cis vinylenes in both precursor polymer and nascent polyacetylene than does a WC16 based system.

Key concepts: Polyacetylene, Catalysis, Polymer, Chemistry, Organic chemistry, Polymer science, Materials science, Polymer chemistry

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