Phase-transfer catalysis in reactions with the participation of polyvinyl chloride

When polyvinyl chloride is dehydrochlorinated under conditions of phase transfer catalysis, the nature of the interface determines the supramolecular structure of the synthesized polyacetylene, the packing density of crystalline regions in the polyacetylene, and the chemical properties of the polymer. The ionic mechanism of catalysis of these reactions has been established.This review is based on materials reported at the Conference Phase-Transfer Catalysis: New Ideas and Methods(March, 1994).Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1886–1894, October, 1995.