Abstract:In this study, the reactions of the bimetallic compound Na 3 ) with norbornene (NBE) and some of its derivatives (5-X-2-NBE; X = COOH (NBE-COOH), OH (NBE-OH), CN (NBE-CN), COOMe (NBE-COOMe), CH=CH 2 (VNBE); norbornadiene (NBD)) are described. Complex 1 contains a tungsten-tungsten triple bond, bearing three halide bridges and two labile THF ligands, in a cisoidal relationship along the metal-metal axis. The complex was found to be a highly efficient room temperature homogeneous and heterogeneous unicomponent initiator for the catalytic ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of most substrates. NBE provides polynorbornene (PNBE) of high molecular weight (M w ) in high yields, soluble in organic solvents. The reaction proceeds with high cis-stereoselectivity (80%-86% cis), independently of the reaction conditions. Strongly coordinating pendant groups (-COOH, -OH, -CN) deactivate 1, whereas substrates bearing softer ones (-COOMe, -CH=CH 2 ) are quantitatively polymerized. NBD gives
Abstract:The bimetallic compound Na 3 Cl 4 (THF) 2 ]¨(THF) 3 (1, {W 3 W} 6+ , a 12 e 14 ) is a highly efficient room-temperature initiator for ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene (NBE) and some of its derivatives. In most cases, addition of phenylacetylene (PA) as co-initiator improves the catalytic activity and retains the high cis-stereoselectivity. On the other hand, 1 can polymerize cyclopentadiene (CPD), not via a metathetic, but rather, via a cationic mechanism. Here, we present a comparison of the reactivity of the two catalytic systems (1 and 1/PA) between themselves and with other systems reported in the literature, the characterization of the polymers formed and mechanistic aspects of the corresponding reactions.
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