Name: Benzylidenebis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororutheniumIn 2020 ,《Ru-Catalyzed, cis-Selective Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Various Monomers, Including a Dendronized Macromonomer, and Implications to Enhanced Shear Stability》 was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. The article was written by Song, Jung-Ah; Peterson, Gregory I.; Bang, Ki-Taek; Ahmed, Tonia S.; Sung, Jong-Chan; Grubbs, Robert H.; Choi, Tae-Lim. The article contains the following contents:
An unsaturated polymer’s cis/trans-olefin content has a significant influence on its properties. For polymers obtained by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), the cis/trans-olefin content can be tuned by using specific catalysts. However, cis-selective ROMP has suffered from narrow monomer scope and lack of control over the polymerization (giving polymers with broad mol. weight distributions and prohibiting the synthesis of block copolymers). Herein, we report the versatile cis-selective controlled living ROMP of various endo-tricyclo[4.2.2.02,5]deca-3,9-diene and various norbornene derivatives using a fast-initiating dithiolate-chelated Ru catalyst. Polymers with cis-olefin content as high as 99% could be obtained with high mol. weight (up to Mn of 105.1 kDa) and narrow dispersity (<1.4). The living nature of the polymerization was also exploited to prepare block copolymers with high cis-olefin content for the first time. Furthermore, owing to the successful control over the stereochem. and narrow dispersity, we could compare cis- and trans-rich polynorbornene and found the former to have enhanced resistance to shear degradation In the experiment, the researchers used Benzylidenebis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororuthenium(cas: 172222-30-9Name: Benzylidenebis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororuthenium)
Benzylidenebis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororuthenium(cas: 172222-30-9) is the first metathesis catalyst to be widely used in organic synthesis. It is useful for acyclic diene metathesis polymerization (ADMET), Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of strained cyclic olefins, ring opening metathesis (ROM), and so on.Name: Benzylidenebis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororuthenium
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