MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Focus on Chemistry, 11(87), p. 1845-1850
DOI: 10.1134/s0036024413110137
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1H, 13C, and 19F high-resolution NMR spectra with heteronuclear spin-spin decoupling and without it were recorded for identification of the terminal groups of oligomers obtained by radical polymerization of tetrafluroethylene (TFE) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) solutions. The analysis of the spectra and their comparison with the quantum-chemically calculated spectra of possible polymerization products led to the conclusion that the terminal groups of oligomers are the α radical of THF and the hydrogen atom. The structure of oligomers found in this study opens up an opportunity of synthesizing from them polymers consisting of a flexible main chain with substituents in the form of rigid perfluorinated rods.