A biotech route to polyphenylene
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 17,p. 954-955
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39830000954
Abstract
Starting from benzene and oxygen and using the genetically modified bacteria Pseudominium putida as an oxidation catalyst compound (6) is readily obtained; derivative of the latter are soluble in organic solvents and polymerise to give a soluble precursor (5) which can be used to make fibres and films which on heating are converted into polyphenylene fibres and films.Keywords
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