A new sulfone-containing cyclic monomer, 3-methylenethiolan-1,1-dioxide(MTDO) was synthesized by pyrolytic elimination of 3-hydroxymethythiolan-1,1-dioxide with σ-nitrophenyl selenocyanate.
The polymerization of MTDO were attempted in solution with radical initiators such as BPO and AIBN. Even after a prolonged time period, however, no polymeric material was obtained. At 120℃ the thermal polymerization of MTDO caused decomposition reaction giving only tarry products.