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Virgil Percec
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 816
Citations - 46092
Virgil Percec is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polymerization & Liquid crystal. The author has an hindex of 101, co-authored 798 publications receiving 42465 citations. Previous affiliations of Virgil Percec include University of California, Berkeley & University of Ulm.
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Phase transfer Pd(0) catalyzed polymerization reactions
Coleen Pugh,Virgil Percec +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, 1,4-Bis[2-(4,4)-dialkoxyaryl)acetylenes were synthesized by a one pot phase transfer Pd(O)/Cu(I) catalyzed three-step coupling of 1, 4-diiodobenzene with 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol and the appropriate aryl halide.
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Molecular engineering of liquid crystal polymers by living polymerization: 12.Synthesis and living cationic polymerization of 4-[S(-)-2-methyl-1-butoxy]-4?-(?-oxyalkyl-1-vinyl ether)-?-methylstibene with octyl and hexyl alkyl groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and living cationic polymerization of both monomers with the initiating system CF 3 SO 3 H/(CH 3 ) 2 S in methylene chloride at 0°C are described.
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Synthesis and characterization of liquid crystalline poly(p-vinylbenzyl ether)s
TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of poly(p-vinylbenzyl ether)s containing 4-oxybiphenyl or 4oxy-4′-methoxy-methyl mesogens, which are connected to the benzyl ether group through one, two or three oligo(oxyethylene) units, are presented.
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From Synthetic Macromolecules to Biological-Like Complex Systems
TL;DR: In a discussion between the Emperor of Japan and Professor Staudinger on 17th of April 1957 at the Imperial Palace of Japan as discussed by the authors, the Emperor asked: "Is this a concept that came into your mind to explain various phenomenological behaviors of a group of compounds or did you really prove their existence by rigorous scientific means?"
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Molecular engineering of liquid-crystalline polymers by living polymerization. Part 16.—Tailor-made Sc* mesophase in copolymers of (S)-(–)-2-methylbutyl 4′-(ω-vinyloxyalkoxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylate with undecanyl and octyl alkyl groups
TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis and living cationic polymerization of (S)-( −)-2-methylbutyl 4′-(8-vinyloxyoctyloxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylate (14-8) have been described.