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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6568049 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Yizhu Y Varava Paul P Fabrizio Alberto A Eymann Léonard Y M LYM Tskhovrebov Alexander G AG Planes Ophélie Marie OM Solari Euro E Fadaei-Tirani Farzaneh F Scopelliti Rosario R Sienkiewicz Andrzej A Corminboeuf Clémence C Severin Kay K
Chemical science 20190509 22
The synthesis of the industrially important polymer parylene is achieved by polymerization of <i>p</i>-quinodimethane (<i>p</i>-QDM). The polymerization is thought to proceed <i>via</i> a biradical <i>p</i>-QDM dimer, but isolation or characterization of such a biradical has remained elusive. Here, we describe the synthesis of an aza-analogue of this <i>p</i>-QDM dimer. The biradical is formed by base-induced dimerization of an azoimidazolium dye. Due to the presence of sterically shielded aminy ...[more]