Model Studies Towards Alternative Cross-Linking of Unsaturated Polyesters

Thomas Straub, Martin Brunner, Ari Koskinen
2005 Letters in Organic Chemistry  
Fumaric and maleic acid esters are functionalised with propargylamine. A subsequent Pd/Cu-catalysed oxidative homo-coupling of two alkyne moieties yields the corresponding dimers. Hence, a model of an unsaturated polyester chain is cross-linked in a welldefined, metal-mediated reaction in a very high yield.
doi:10.2174/1570178053399868 fatcat:jazs3m5ijncvle67b2mphqrbhy