Acyclic Diene Matathesis Polymerization

主要研究人员最近制作了第一个 高分子量聚合物， 无环二烯与钨衍生的催化剂的反应。 现在是 本研究的目的是扩大这种新的合成方法， 制备各种新型材料， 定义架构。 衍生自非共轭的材料， 将制备具有手性中心、电 导电性、高刚性或高柔性，或具有极性 基团如酯、醚和杂环。 额外 目的是研究创造更好的催化剂， 无环二烯易位聚合。 本研究是 由材料研究部和 材料化学与化学加工 主动。//

The principal investigators recently produced the first high-molecular-weight polymers by metathesis polymerization of acyclic dienes with a tungsten-derived catalyst. It is now the goal of this research to broaden this new synthetic procedure to the preparation of a variety of novel materials with precisely defined architecture. Materials derived from nonconjugated, acyclic dienes will be prepared with chiral centers, electrical conductivity, high rigidity or high flexibility, or with polar groups such as esters, ethers, and heterocycles. An additional objective is to investigate the creation of better catalysts for acyclic diene metathesis polymerization. This research is jointly funded by the Divisions of Materials Research and of Chemistry, under the Materials Chemistry and Chemical Processing Initiative.//