Ruthenium initiated ring opening metathesis polymerisation of amino-acid and -ester functionalised norbornenes and a highly selective chain-end functionalisation reaction using molecular oxygen

Authors
Biagini, SCG Davies, RG Gibson, VC Giles, MR Marshall, EL North, M
Citation
Scg. Biagini et al., Ruthenium initiated ring opening metathesis polymerisation of amino-acid and -ester functionalised norbornenes and a highly selective chain-end functionalisation reaction using molecular oxygen, POLYMER, 42(15), 2001, pp. 6669-6671
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
POLYMER
ISSN journal
00323861 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
15
Year of publication
2001
Pages
6669 - 6671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(200107)42:15<6669:RIROMP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
[Ru(=CHPh)(PCy3)(2)Cl-2] is shown to initiate the living ring opening metat hesis polymerisation of amino-acid and -ester functionalised norbornenes; t reatment of the living polymers with molecular oxygen gives rise to a highl y selective chain-end functionalisation reaction. (C) 2001 Elsevier 2001 El sevier Science Ltd, Ail rights reserved.