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Reversible polycondensations outside the Jacobson–Stockmayer theory and a new concept of reversible polycondensations

Hans R. Kricheldorf, Steffen M. Weidner, Jana Falkenhagen

2021Polymer Chemistry17 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Reversible polycondensations exist involving intermolecular transesterification in the absence of back-biting, which may be understood as part of a so-called ‘polycondensation triangle’ based on the definition of three polycondensation classes.

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Materials scienceChemical engineeringEngineeringbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods