Stefano C. G. Biagini, R. Gareth Davies, Michael North, Vernon C. Gibson, Matthew R. Giles, Edward L. Marshall and David A. Robson
Norbornene monomers bearing two and three amino acid residues have been synthesized and the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of the monomers investigated using Mo(
CHCMe2Ph)(
N-2,6-Pri2C6H3)(OR)2, [R = CMe3 1a, CMe2CF3 1b, CMe(CF3)2 1c].