RING-OPENING COPOLYMERIZATION OF [2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE-1,9-DIENE (PCPDE) AND CYCLOOCTENE (COE) - A ROUTE TO SOLUBLE PRODUCTS WITH P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE SEQUENCES
E. Thorncsanyi et al., RING-OPENING COPOLYMERIZATION OF [2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE-1,9-DIENE (PCPDE) AND CYCLOOCTENE (COE) - A ROUTE TO SOLUBLE PRODUCTS WITH P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE SEQUENCES, Journal of molecular catalysis, 90(1-2), 1994, pp. 15-20
Cyclooctene (COE) and [2.2] paracyclophane-1,9-diene (PCPDE) can be co
polymerized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with wel
l-defined tungsten carbene. Distribution of p-phenylenevinylene units
occurs statistically in manner of Bernoulli. Copolymers with higher co
ntent of PCPDE ( > 5%) show physical properties influenced by p-phenyl
enevinylene sequences.