Issue 13, 2018

A new echelon of precision polypentenamers: highly isotactic branching on every five carbons

Abstract

A series of allylic substituted cyclopentene monomers with increasing steric bulk are investigated by ring opening metathesis polymerization to understand the effects of these substituents on the microstructural outcomes of the resulting polypentenamers. 3-Triethylsiloxycyclopentene is discovered to polymerize to a highly regular microstructure with up to 96% trans olefins and 92% head-to-tail positional isomers. Dynamic resolution after synthetic modifications produced an enantiopure version (∼92% ee) of this monomer which subsequently produced a precision isotactic and regioregular polypentenamer for the first time. Synthetic investigations, mechanistic aspects, and basic thermal properties are discussed.

Graphical abstract: A new echelon of precision polypentenamers: highly isotactic branching on every five carbons

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Nov 2017
Accepted
16 Dec 2017
First published
02 Jan 2018

Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 1719-1727

A new echelon of precision polypentenamers: highly isotactic branching on every five carbons

S. Brits, W. J. Neary, G. Palui and J. G. Kennemur, Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 1719 DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01922J

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