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Phenols 2-substituted with trimethylsilyl groups (1,2 and3) were oxidatively polymerized with 2,6-dimethylphenol (4) in the presence of a copper-pyridine catalyst to yield the corresponding poly(phenyleneoxide) copolymers. The polymerization mechanism was studied kinetically and spectroscopically.
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Hyun, S.H., Nishide, H. & Tsuchida, E. Oxidative polymerization of phenols having trimethylsilyl groups. Polymer Bulletin 16, 395–400 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00955569
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