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The destruction of polycarbonate in the presence of benzoyl peroxide

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    The mechanism of the destruction of solid polycarbonate molecules under the action of benzoate free radicals was studied. Cleavage of the macromolecules occurs at the ester bond and the bond of the quaternary carbon to the benzene ring.

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    The phenomenon of yellowing of solid polycarbonate in the course of destruction is associated with the accumulation of chromophore cyclohexadienone groups.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    Yu. A. Mikheev, O. A. Ledneva & D. Ya. Toptygin

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1313–1317, June, 1972.

The authors are grateful to L. A. Tatarenko and V. S. Pudova for their aid in conducting the analysis of the volatile products by the method of gas-liquid chromatography.

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Mikheev, Y.A., Ledneva, O.A. & Toptygin, D.Y. The destruction of polycarbonate in the presence of benzoyl peroxide. Russ Chem Bull 21, 1266–1270 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00854542

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