O. Dereli, B. Düz, B. Zümreoğlu-Karan
2003
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Applied Organometallic Chemistry
Abstract
The application of the WCl6–e−–Al–CH2Cl2 system to acyclic diene metathesis polymerization of 1,9-decadiene is reported. The polyoctenamer formed is of a weight-average molecular weight of 9000 with a polydispersity of 1.92. IR and NMR spectral analyses indicate the retention of the double bonds in the polymer structure with high trans content as expected from a step condensation reaction. This relatively stable catalytic system, however, also activates the competing vinyl addition reactions while being inactive in ring-closure metathesis reactions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.