Question

Chain transfer to ammonia as a solvent is highly competitive with propagation WHY?

. Main steps of anionic polymerization with strong bases are as follows: Initiation KNH NH2 + CH2 CHPh Chain transfer to ammonia as a solvent is onNHCHCHCH-CH Propagation: highly competitive with Chain tranfer to solvent (NH3): H2NCH2 CHPhCH2CHPh H-NH2 WHY? trS 7

Answer 1

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