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SUBMITTER: Walker R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2850575 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walker Ron R Conrad Rosemary M RM Grubbs Robert H RH
Macromolecules 20090201 3
The living ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of trans-cyclooctene (tCO) was investigated. ROMP of tCO in the presence of PPh(3) in THF leads to the formation of narrowly dispersed polycyclooctene (PCO). The presence of PPh(3) as an additive and the use of THF as a solvent were demonstrated to be necessary to suppress competing secondary metathesis processes in the ROMP of tCO. Under optimal conditions, narrowly dispersed PCO was achieved without high molecular weight contaminates. Th ...[more]