xxxxx - 29-7-2009 at 08:26
i wanted to ask if 2 phenyl 1,3 butadiene might be lighter and more durable rubber monomer than either butadiene or isoprene.
JohnWW - 29-7-2009 at 08:42
The added phenyl group would hinder the polymer, after it is synthesized, from stretching and flexing in the way that normal artificial rubber does.
It would, as the result, be much harder but very likely brittle, rather like polypropylene and especially polystyrene, which are comparable
substituted analogs of polyethylene.