THEORETICAL-STUDY OF FREE-RADICAL RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF 2-(O-CHLOROPHENYL)-4-METHYLENE-1,3-DIOXOLANE - A MOLECULAR AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS APPROACH

The methylene derivatives of 1,3-dioxolane were proved to yield homo- and binary or ternary copolymers via free-radical polymerization, depending on initiation type and reaction conditions. While different authors reported experimental data on these compounds, no explanation of such polymerization behaviour was provided. The present paper is aimed to propose, through molecular mechanics and quantum mechanics approaches, a valid explanation of the already published experimental results.