Characterization of the Charge Transfer Complex from Furan and Maleic Anhydride and the Alternating Copolymer

Abstract
A previously unreported copolymer between furan and maleic anhydride was readily obtained by free radical initiation of benzene solutions of the comonomers. The product copolymers exhibit remarkably uniform composition regardless of monomer feed ratios. A donor-acceptor complex was suspected to account for the 1:1 alternating sequence of the monomers in the product. The complex was easily detected and partially characterized, although its exact role in the mechanism is uncertain.

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