Free radical homopolymerization of a vinylferrocene/cyclodextrin complex in water

• Helmut Ritter,
• Beate E. Mondrzik,
• Matthias Rehahn and
• Markus Gallei

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 60, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.60

• insoluble in water. Complexation of 1 with methyl-β-cyclodextrin 2 results in clearly water-soluble structures due to incorporation of the ferrocene moiety into the cyclodextrin cavity. After free radical polymerization of the water-soluble complexed monomer, corresponding to polyvinylferrocene (PVFc), the

• scanning calorimetry (DSC), and lower critical solution temperature (LCST) measurements. Keywords: cyclodextrin; free radical polymerization; polyvinylferrocene; vinylferrocene; Introduction Since its discovery in 1951, ferrocene [1] and its derivatives and their applications have been the subject of

• [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The hydrophobic part of the monomer molecule is included in the more hydrophobic cyclodextrin cavity yielding completely water-soluble complexes capable of polymerization. In this publication we wish to present our results of the aqueous free radical

Synthesis of bis(3-{[2-(allyloxy)ethoxy]methyl}-2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)(phenyl)phosphine oxide – a tailor-made photoinitiator for dental adhesives

• Norbert Moszner,
• Iris Lamparth,
• Jörg Angermann,
• Urs Karl Fischer,
• Frank Zeuner,
• Thorsten Bock,
• Robert Liska and
• Volker Rheinberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.26

• photopolymerization of dimethacrylate resins, dental adhesives or composites and undergo an α-cleavage with the formation of benzoyl and germyl radicals, which may initiate the free-radical polymerization of the monomers present. In addition, bisacylphosphine oxides, such as commercially available bis(2,4,6

Mechanistic aspects of the isomerization of Z-vinylic tellurides double bonds in the synthesis of potassium Z-vinyltrifluoroborate salts

• Hélio A. Stefani,
• Rafael C. Guadagnin,
• Artur F. Keppler,
• Giancarlo V. Botteselle,
• João V. Comasseto and
• Carlos A. Suganuma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 9, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-9

• that occurs during the reaction to prepare the alkenyltrifluoroborate salts. The results presented above support a free radical pathway for the trans-cis double bond isomerization. Scheme 3 was proposed to account for the E-vinyl and nBuBF3K salts. In the first step, the butyl radical 5 is formed by

Part 1. Reduction of S-alkyl- thionocarbonates and related compounds in the presence of trialkylboranes/air

• Jean Boivin and
• Van Tai Nguyen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 45, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-45

• Et3B/O2 is not limited to compounds where such shifts are possible and that such hydrogen migration does not pertain to the method used to generate the radical but to the intrinsic reactivity of radical B, as it is generally admitted that the fate of a free radical is independent of the method used to

Effect of transannular interaction on the redox- potentials in a series of bicyclic quinones

• Grigoriy Sereda,
• Jesse Van Heukelom,
• Miles Koppang,
• Sudha Ramreddy and
• Nicole Collins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 26, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-26

• to the free radical redox-processes, involving triptycene-quinones and reactive oxygen species [2]. Better understanding of the transannular influence of a substituent on the redox-potentials of bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-derived quinones will help in the design of new compounds with controlled biological

The Elbs and Boyland- Sims peroxydisulfate oxidations

• E. J. Behrman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 22, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-22

• solvent. The sulfate ester remains in the aqueous phase. Hydrolysis of the sulfate ester in aqueous acid produces the (usually) organic-soluble dihydric phenol. Reactions are usually run at room temperature or below to reduce the incursion of free radical reactions. The rates are rather slow with typical