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Ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of exo‐dicyclopentadiene: Reversible crosslinking by a metathesis catalyst
Author(s) -
Fisher Richard A.,
Grubbs Robert H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19920630120
Subject(s) - dicyclopentadiene , cyclopentene , metathesis , ring opening metathesis polymerisation , monomer , polymerization , acyclic diene metathesis , catalysis , polymer chemistry , substituent , polymer , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry
exo‐Dicyclopentadiene has been polymerized by several well characterized, single‐component metathesis catalysts to provide soluble, linear, poly exo‐dicyclopentadiene. Under the best circumstances the polymerizations proceed in a living manner. The crosslinking of polymer chains which can occur under high monomer concentration has been investigated and determined to result from the secondary metathesis of the cyclopentene substituent.