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Strained rings as a source of unsaturation: polybenzvalene, a new soluble polyacetylene precursor.

Title

Strained rings as a source of unsaturation: polybenzvalene, a new soluble polyacetylene precursor.

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
1988
Journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume
110
Pagination
2973–2974
ISSN
0002-7863
Abstract
Polyacetylene (I) was prepd. by ring-opening metathesis polymn. of benzvalene in the presence of non-Lewis acidic W alkylidene catalysts to give polybenzvalene, followed by isomerization in the presence of HgCl2. I had low crystallinity and elec. cond. 1 s/cm upon doping with iodine. [on SciFinder(R)]