Kj. Ivin et al., THE RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION OF (PLUS-OR-MINUS)-5-ENDO-METHOXYNORBORN-2-ENE - MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERS, Die Makromolekulare Chemie, 194(12), 1993, pp. 3493-3497
The title monomer (+/-)-5-endo-methoxynorborn-2-ene ((+/-)-5-endo-meth
oxybicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, 1) was polymerized by Ru-, W-, Ir-, Re- a
nd Mo-based metathesis catalysts to yield polymers with cis contents r
anging from 10% to 48%. An assignment of the C-13 NMR spectra was made
. No significant head-tail bias was observed and no splitting due to t
acticity could be positively identified.