“…Interest in polymers of cyclic olefins such as norbornene (NB) (bicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐2‐ene) has increased dramatically because of the attractive properties of this addition type of polymer such as high chemical resistance, good UV resistance, low dielectric constant, high glass transition temperature, excellent transparency, large refractive index and low birefringence . Up to now, vinyl‐addition polymerization of norbornene has been reported using many transition metal catalysts, including Ti, Zr, Fe, Ni, Pd, Co, Cu and Cr . Janiak and Bao have given a full literature and patent account on the work describing the addition polymerization of norbornene .…”