Synthesis of a Polymerizable Benzocyclobutene that Undergoes Ring-Opening Isomerization at Reduced Temperature

Synthesis of Polysiloxanes In Microemulsion Via ring opening of D4

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) in microemulsion with acidic catalyst. The structure and properties of microemulsion were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Photo Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS). The effect of the variation in pH value, amoun...

On the ring-opening of substituted cyclobutene to benzocyclobutene: analysis of pi delocalization, hyperconjugation, and ring strain

synthesis of polysiloxanes in microemulsion via ring opening of d4

polydimethylsiloxane (pdms) has been synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (d4) in microemulsion with acidic catalyst. the structure and properties of microemulsion were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (tem), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), photo correlation spectroscopy (pcs). the effect of the variation in ph value, amoun...

On the ring-opening of substituted cyclobutene to benzocyclobutene: analysis of π delocalization, hyperconjugation, and ring strain.

The influence of several substituents on the ring-opening elementary step of cyclobutene-like systems is analyzed computationally in detail. We focus on trans-1,2-disiloxycyclobutene-like molecules. Electronic effects (hyperconjugation and π delocalization) and geometrical constraints are decoupled and allow for an instructive analysis. It is found that the energy difference between closed and ...

A novel photoinduced ring opening and isomerization of adamantane-2-spiro isoxazolines using Mo(CO)6

The Mo(CO)6-mediated photoinduced ring-opening reactions of adamantane isoxazolines involve novel rearrangement that provide enaminoketones as major products and b-hydroxy ketones as minor ones; in contrast, only b-hydroxy ketones and a,b-unsaturated ketones were obtained under thermal condition. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Table 1. Synthesis of substituted adamantane-isoxazolines 1a–d