Polyhomologation: Synthesis of Novel Polymethylene Architectures by a Living Polymerization of Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide

Kenneth J Shea; Brett B Busch; Manuel M Paz

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980605)37:10<1391::AID-ANIE1391>3.0.CO;2-0

Polyhomologation: Synthesis of Novel Polymethylene Architectures by a Living Polymerization of Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Jun 5;37(10):1391-1393. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980605)37:10<1391::AID-ANIE1391>3.0.CO;2-0.

Authors

Kenneth J Shea¹, Brett B Busch¹, Manuel M Paz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 (USA), Fax: (+1) 714-824-2210.

Abstract

Not conventional polymerization of ethylene, but rather the title reaction has allowed access to the ω-functionalized tertiary polymethylene alcohols 1. The ylide CH₂ SOMe₂ is the methylene source in this living polymerization, and the chain length can be set by the initial ratio of ylide to organoborane.

Keywords: Boron; Oligomers; Polymerizations; Sulfur; Ylides.