Issue 58, 2016

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropenes

Abstract

The ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropenes (CPs) has been explored for the first time using Grubbs 3rd generation catalyst. A range of 1,2-CPs yielded polymers with controllable MWs and low dispersitities, and allowed the synthesis of block copolymers, absent from secondary metathesis. However, there existed a competing intramolecular termination pathway for these monomers, limiting the timescale for their ROMP to stay living.

Graphical abstract: Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropenes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jan 2016
Accepted
29 Feb 2016
First published
07 Mar 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 9097-9100

Author version available

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropenes

B. R. Elling, J. K. Su and Y. Xia, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9097 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00466K

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