Design of a thermally stable succinonitrile mechanophore featuring electron-withdrawing triazine rings for radical polymerization

Key Points

• The study aims to design and synthesize a succinonitrile-based mechanophore that exhibits improved thermal stability compared to classical mechanophores.
• Conducted radical stabilization energy calculations
• Performed molecular simulations to assess stability
• Synthesized the novel mechanophore with triazine rings
• The designed mechanophore shows significantly higher thermal stability than classical counterparts
• Molecular simulations confirm the effective stabilization provided by the triazine rings