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Domino reaction
« on: December 11, 2014, 02:28:01 PM »
What is the longest chain of a domino reaction, i.e. what is the maximum number of reactions achieved in a domino manner?

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2014, 04:20:48 PM »
See: Tietze, L. F.; Brasche, G; Gericke, K. "Domino Reactions in Organic Synthesis", Wiley:New York, 2006. Somewhere within this book's 631 pages resides the answer to your question.

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2014, 12:00:04 PM »
I am not able to find the book. Any other suggestions?

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2014, 12:57:09 PM »
Try to find any book on polymer chemistry. 

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2014, 01:06:25 PM »
I am interested in intramolecular ones.

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2014, 04:21:51 PM »
Try to find any book on polymer chemistry.

I dont think that polymerization counts as domino reaction

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2014, 08:26:49 PM »
For a "minireview" of domino reactions, see: Enders, D.; Grondal, C.; Huettl, M. R. M. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 2007, 46, 1570-1581, with many ;pertinent literature references.

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Re: Domino reaction
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2014, 04:24:33 PM »
I dont think that polymerization counts as domino reaction

Depolymerization is an intramolecular reaction, so you could argue that the thermal depolymerization of high molecular weight PTFE would be the longest domino reaction (I prefer the term cascade reaction).  It would have to be PTFE because a lot of other polyolefins undergo side reactions during depolymerization.

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