• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1983

The reaction of ethylenecarbonate (I) with bromine was carried out in the presence of benzolperoxide as radical initiator. The following several different esters being ring opened were obtained; bromoacetyl-bromoformate, (1-hyroxy, 1, 2-dibromo)-ethyl bromoformate, (1-hydroxy, 1, 2, 2'-tribromo)diethylacarbonate, 2-bromoethyl-tribromoacetate, (1-acetoxy, 1'-bromomethyl)-bromomalo nate, 2-bromoethyl-bromoacetoxy-tribromoacetate.

• Clean Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.269-273
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• 2016

The benzylic bromination of methoxyimino-o-tolyl-acetic acid methyl ester (1) into (2-bromomethyl-phenyl)-methoxyimino-acetic acid methyl ester (2) using N-bromosuccinimide in the presence of 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile in various reaction solvents were investigated. The efficiency of the reaction was found to be sensitive to the kind of reaction solvents. We found the benzylic bromination of 1 to 2 can be performed in 1,2-dichlorobenzene as reaction solvent superior to the classic Wohl-Ziegler procedure in both reaction time and isolated yield (8 h vs 12 h, 92 vs 79%). This system provides clean, rapid, and high-yielding reactions with replacement of conventional solvents, such as tetrachloromethane, by less-toxic 1,2-dichlorobenzene.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.210-213
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• 1986

1,1-Dicyano-2-ethoxycyclobutane (1a) was prepared by [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of vinylidene cyanide with ethyl vinyl ether. 1,1-Dicyano-2-phenylcyclobutane (1b) was prepared by the reactions involving the reduction of cinnamyl alcohol, chlorination, cyanomethylation, bromination, and ring-closure reaction. Compound 1a was ring-opening polymerized with NaCN or n-butyllithium to give a low molecular weight polymer. The compound 1b however, failed to polymerize by either anionic or radical catalysts.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.238-246
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• 2008

A new strategy using protection-deprotection chemistry was used to prepare branched polymers using the ATRP method only. Among the several monomers with different protecting groups, vinyl benzyl t-butyloxy carbonate (VBt-BOC) and 4-methyl styrene (4-MeSt) could be polymerized successfully to form backbones using the ATRP method in a controlled fashion. The protected groups in the backbones were converted to alkyl bromides and used as initiating sites for branch formation. The benzyl t-butyloxy carbonate groups in the backbones containing VBt-BOC units were first deprotected to benzyl alcohol by trifluoroacetic acid, then converted to benzyl bromide by reacting them with triphenylphosphine/carbon tetrabromide. The benzyl bromide groups in the backbones containing 4-MeSt units could be generated by bromination of the methyl groups using N-bromosuccinimide/benzoyl peroxide. The structures of the prepared polymers were well-controlled, as evidenced by the controlled molecular weight as well as the narrow and unimodal molecular weight distribution.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• v.67
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• pp.276-283
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• 2018

For the first time, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was used as an easily-handled chlorine source for preparation of isotropic pitch-based carbon fiber (IPCF) incorporating ethylene bottom oil (EO) as a raw material. Pitch precursors were prepared by the chlorination-dehydrochlorination triggered by chlorine radicals originated from PVC; aromatization and poly-condensation reactions occurred by polyene-type radicals from PVC. Radical production and co-carbonization were facilitated by pretreatments of EO through vacuum distillation, bromination, and additional heat treatment. Pitches were prepared by the co-carbonization of pretreated EO and EO containing 20 wt% PVC, and had higher yields and better spinnability than those by simple distillation.