
%0 Journal Article
%A Bowie, JH 
%T Electron impact studies. CXVIII. An ion cyclotron resonance study of the reactivity of negative ions derived from ethenetetracarbonitrile. Anionic polymerization in the gas phase
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1977/10/01
%V 30
%N 10
%P 2161-2166
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9772161
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9772161 
%X .The [M&#183;&#8211;l CN&#183;I- species from ethenetetracarbonitrile (tetracyanoethylene) reacts with neutral ethene- tetracarbonitrile to give the stable adduct C11N7-. The decomposing form of this adduct eliminates C2N2 to produce C,9N5- which may react with ethenetetracarbonitrile to yield C15N,9-. Analogous anionic polymerization reactions yield a number of detectable peaks in the i.c.r. spectrum of tetra- cyanoethylene, with the structures of the ions possibly corresponding to a. Diagram Polymerization of this type can also be initiated by other nucleophiles including Cl-, Br-, I- and CF3CO2-. 
