Abstract

Allylic ethers undergo spontaneous, exothermic polymerization in the presence catalytic amounts of dicobaltoctacarbonyl and silanes. Investigation of the mechanism of this new polymerization reaction indicates that the polymerization occurs by a multistep mechanism involving first, isomerization of the allylic ether to the corresponding 1-propenyl ether, then cationic polymerization of this latter species. It is proposed that two different cobalt-containing species are present which catalyze this tandem process.

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