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Azoxyarylene compounds can be quantitatively formed by oxidative coupling of N-arylhydroxylamines in the presence of a copper-pyridine catalyst and dioxygen. This new method was utilized to synthesize a poly(azoxy arylene). Polymer 5 obtained has a weight average molecular weight of 6,500 and a number average molecular weight of 4,400.
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Received: 1 February 1999/Revised version: 23 April 1999/Accepted: 23 April 1999
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Ding, Y., Buyle Padias, A. & Hall Jr., H. Azoxyarylene compounds and polymers by a copper-pyridine catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction. Polymer Bulletin 42, 689–692 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050520
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050520