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The polymerization behaviour of 1-benzyl-2,2-dimethylaziridine

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The polymerization of 1-benzyl-2,2-dimethylaziridine (BDMA) with triethyioxonium tetrafluoroborate (TEFB) under different reaction conditions was found to be impossible, although the initiation reaction (formation of 1-benzyl-1-ethyl-2,2-dimethylaziridinium tetrafluoroborate) was fast and quantitative. BDMA does copolymerize with 1-benzylaziridine (BA) but the amount of BDMA in the copolymer is always inferior to 50%. The reactivity parameters of the copolymerization (in dichloromethane at 20°C) are rBA = 3.1 and rBDMA = 0.0. These results demonstrate the importance of the presence of substituents on the polymerization behaviour of N-alkylaziridines.

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    E. J. Goethals, P. Bossaer & R. Deveux

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Goethals, E.J., Bossaer, P. & Deveux, R. The polymerization behaviour of 1-benzyl-2,2-dimethylaziridine. Polymer Bulletin 6, 121–126 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256514

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