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Polymerization is a group of reactions that provide high-molecular-weight polymers from usually low-molecular-weight monomers. Substituted acetylenes are acetylene derivatives which possess one or two groups on either or both sides of the acetylenic moiety. The polymerization of substituted acetylenes proceeds via the simultaneous cleavage of the triple bond and linkage formation between monomer molecules. The formed polymers possess alternating carbon–carbon double bonds along the main chain and various side groups and exhibit interesting photoelectronic properties based on the conjugated structure.
Introduction
The polymerization of acetylene and its derivatives in the presence of suitable transition-metal catalysts provides high-molecular-weight (MW) polymers (Fig. 1). The monomers include acetylene, mono- and disubstituted acetylenes, and α,ω-diynes. The polymers possess carbon–carbon alternating double bonds along the...
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Masuda, T. (2013). Polymerization of Substituted Acetylenes. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_198-1
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