Open AccessBidirectional metal‐free ROMP from difunctional organic initiators
Author(s) -
Lu Pengtao,
Alrashdi Nasser M.,
Boydston Andrew J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1099-0518
pISSN - 0887-624X
DOI - 10.1002/pola.28704
Subject(s) - romp , polymer chemistry , metal , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , metathesis , polymerization
Ditopic initiators were evaluated for bidirectional organocatalyzed ROMP. Incorporation of monomer was found to be successful for both inward and outward polymer growth, stemming from divinyl ethers with different relative orientation of alkoxy moieties. Macroinitiators were also used to prepare a triblock and graft copolymers that were found to be easily cleaved with acid catalyst.