Oxidative heck-type reaction involving cleavage of a carbon-phosphorus bond of arylphosphonic acids

Cleavage of a carbon-phosphorus bond is achieved under palladium catalysis in an oxidative Heck-type reaction which exploits arylphosphonic acids. The reaction of arylphosphonic acids with alkenes provides arylation products in good yields in the presence of TBAF with trimethylamine oxide as an oxidant.     

Radiation-induced postpolymerization of trioxane in the solid state. IV. Copolymerization of trioxane with dioxolane

The radiation-induced postpolymerization of trioxane with 1,3-dioxolane has been investigated. Trioxane and 1,3-dioxolane were carefully purified in a rigorously dry, high-vacuum system. In the present study it was found that trioxane can be easily copolymerized with 1,3-dioxolane to give a copolymer having high molecular weight and excellent thermal stability. Typically, the isothermal weight loss after heating for 60 minutes under nitrogen at 222°C was 3.5% for a copolymer of trioxane and 1.0 wt-%1,3-dioxolane preirradiated with a dose of 1.0 × 10⁵ Rad. The thermal stability of the copolymer was scarcely affected by the polymerization temperature and time, although it decreased slightly with increasing preirradiation dose. The dependences of the yield and inherent viscosity of the polymer on the preirradiation dosage, polymerization temperature and time were quite similar to those found for the homopolymerization of trioxane. The results were analyzed by using the kinetic scheme previously reported, and it was found that no chain transfer reaction occurs in this system. These results are discussed in comparison with those of homopolymerization reported previously.     

Polycarbonate Crystallization by Vapor‐Grown Carbon Fiber with and without Magnetic Field

Polycarbonate (PC)/vapor‐grown carbon fiber (VGCF™) composite was prepared through melt compounding. It was unexpectedly found from differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) that the crystallization of PC was substantially accelerated in the presence of the ordered graphite surface of VGCF™. To make an aligned structure of PC crystallization together with the orientation of VGCF™, a magnetic field of 2.4 T was applied to the composite under several temperature profiles. The WAXD pattern revealed that not only dispersed VGCF™ but also matrix PC crystallization was magnetically aligned through the optimization of processes. The evidence for PC crystallization by VGCF™ with and without magnetic force is described.

Optical micrograph (a) and WAXD pattern (b) of PC/VGCF™ (95:5 wt. ratio) composite which was treated under a magnetic field (vertical direction) of 2.4 T under an optimized heating profile.