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Title: The Intrinsic Mechanochemical Reactivity of Vinyl‐Addition Polynorbornene

Journal Article · · Angewandte Chemie
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  1. Molecular Engineering and Sciences University of Washington 3946 W Stevens Way NE Seattle WA 98105 USA
  2. Department of Chemistry University of Washington Box 351700 Seattle WA 98195-1700 USA
  3. Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee 320 Buehler Hall Knoxville TN 37996-1600 USA
  4. Department of Chemistry University of Washington Box 351700 Seattle WA 98195-1700 USA, Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 USA

Abstract Herein we report the discovery of the intrinsic mechanochemical reactivity of vinyl‐addition polynorbornene (VA‐PNB), which has strained bicyclic ring repeat units along the polymer backbone. VA‐PNBs with three different side chains were found to undergo ring‐opening olefination upon sonication in dilute solutions. The sonicated polymers exhibited spectroscopic signatures consistent with conversion of the bicyclic norbornane repeat units into the ring‐open isomer typical of polynorbornene made by ring‐opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP‐PNB). Thermal analysis and evaluation of chain‐scission kinetics suggest that sonication of VA‐PNB results in chain segments containing a statistical mixture of vinyl‐added and ROMP‐type repeat units.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018179
OSTI ID:
1503335
Journal Information:
Angewandte Chemie, Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Vol. 131 Journal Issue: 17; ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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