FORMATION OF [2,2] PARACYCLOPHANE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE FORMATION OF POLYMERS FROM CYCLOPHANES

摘要

The present invention is an improved process and method for the formation of stable intermediate cyclophanes. The invention provides for a general method for the production of substituted and unsubstituted cyclophanes. The components of the invention are a pyrolysis reaction tube that may be electrically heated into which a flowing stream of nitrous oxide with xylene vapor in an optional inert carrier gas at atmospheric pressure. The exit gas is condensed resulting in the deposition of [2,2']paracyclophane. Additionally a process and method whereby the reactive intermediates of the reaction described above can be directly deposited and polymerized at atmospheric pressures or thereabout is disclosed.