Investigations of the assignment of the 2190 cm−1 infrared band in polyfumaronitrile
Polyfumaronitrile exhibits a band at 2190 cm−1 which has at various times been associated with a β-aminonitrile, an iminonitrile, or with C=N in an α-pyrrolenine ring. This band is of particular interest because it sometimes appears in degraded polyacrylonitrile and nitrile-containing resins. The previous conflicting assignments were made on the basis of ir, uv, 1H nmr, and chemical results. This paper reports new infrared, esr, and solid-state carbon nmr results which indicate that the 2190 cm−1 band is most likely due to a β-aminonitrile functionality. The close spectral similarity with 3-amino crotonitrile is particularly noted. A mechanism is proposed which would explain the presence of such a nitrile in polyfumaronitrile.
2019 ◽
Vol 3
(7)
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pp. 1182-1188
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2014 ◽
Vol 70
(6)
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pp. 555-561
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