Quantum chemical simulation of homopolycondensation of aromatic o-ketocarboxylic acid pseudochloroanhydrides

Autor: O. V. Matsevich, V. M. Yanborisov, Z. S. Samigullina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Structural Chemistry. 57:855-861
ISSN: 1573-8779
0022-4766
DOI: 10.1134/s0022476616050024
Popis: Within the supermolecule theory, the intermolecular interaction of a monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent involved in the polycondensation of aromatic o-ketocarboxylic acid pseudochloroanhydrides is simulated. A transition state is found in the dimerization reaction of the simplest representative of the class of 3-chloro-3-phenylphthalylidene monomers under study. It is established that a solvent molecule (nitrobenzene) can coordinate through the functional chlorine atom of 3-chloro-3-phenylphthalylidene, thus hindering the formation of the active center, and hence, the growth of the polymeric chain. As a rule, in the presence of nitrobenzene the activation energy of the dimerization reaction of 3-chloro-3-phenylphthalylidene slightly lowers as compared to that in the gas phase.
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