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Synfacts 2009(7): 0742-0742  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217222
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Polygermanes via Photopolymerization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
Y. Y. Durmaz, M. Kukut, N. Monszner, Y. Yagci*
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey and IvoclarVivadent AG, Schaan, Lichtenstein
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22 June 2009 (online)

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Significance

Previously reported dibenzoyldiethylgermane (DBDEG) can be polymerized to yield polygermanes with moderate molecular weights upon irradiation with visible light. The presented polygermanes can be used at the same time as macroinitiators for other radical polymerizations like the polymerization of styrene.