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Title: Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of endo -Dicyclopentadiene by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts

Abstract

Here we report an examination of the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of endo-dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by 10 well-defined molybdenum-based and 16 tungsten-based alkylidene initiators. Five tungsten-based MAP (monoaryloxide pyrrolide) initiators with the general formula W(X)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OAr) (X = arylimido, alkylimido, or oxo; Me2Pyr =2,5-dimethylpyrrolide; OAr = an aryloxide) were found to yield >98% cis, >98% syndiotactic poly(DCPD); they are W(N-t-Bu)(CHCMe3)(pyr)(OHMT) (2, OHMT = O-2,6-(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)2C6H3, pyr = pyrrolide), W(N-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(pyr)(OHMT) (3), W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OHMT)(PPh2Me) (7, Me2Pyr =2,5-dimethylpyrrolide), W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(ODFT)(PPh2Me) (9, ODFT = O-2,6-(C6F5)2C6H3), and W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OTPP)(PMePh2) (10, OTPP = O-2,3,5,6-Ph4C6H). Two biphenolate alkylidene complexes, Mo(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(rac-biphen) (17) and W(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(rac-biphen) (22, biphen =3,3'-(t-Bu)2-5,5'-6,6'-(CH3)4-1,1'-biphenyl-2,2'-diolate), were found to yield >98% cis, >98% isotactic poly(DCPD). Cis, syndiotactic or cis, isotactic poly(DCPD)s (made with 50–1000 equiv of DCPD) are accessible within seconds to minutes in dichloromethane at room temperature. No isomerization or cross-linking reactions are determined, and addition of a chain transfer reagent (1-hexene) or the use of THF as a solvent does not decrease the stereospecificity of the polymerizations. Cis, syndiotactic and cis, isotactic poly(DCPD)s can be distinguished readily from each other by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Hydrogenation of each stereoregular poly(DCPD) produces H-poly(DCPD)s that have melting points near 270 °C (syndiotactic) or 290 °C (isotactic) and high crystallinities (wc = 0.83 for syndiotacticmore » and wc = 0.74 for isotactic).« less

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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Universität Stuttgart (Germany)
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1557801
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-86ER13564
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 48; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Autenrieth, Benjamin, Jeong, Hyangsoo, Forrest, William P., Axtell, Jonathan C., Ota, Antje, Lehr, Thomas, Buchmeiser, Michael R., and Schrock, Richard R. Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of endo -Dicyclopentadiene by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00123.
Autenrieth, Benjamin, Jeong, Hyangsoo, Forrest, William P., Axtell, Jonathan C., Ota, Antje, Lehr, Thomas, Buchmeiser, Michael R., & Schrock, Richard R. Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of endo -Dicyclopentadiene by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00123
Autenrieth, Benjamin, Jeong, Hyangsoo, Forrest, William P., Axtell, Jonathan C., Ota, Antje, Lehr, Thomas, Buchmeiser, Michael R., and Schrock, Richard R. Fri . "Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of endo -Dicyclopentadiene by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00123. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1557801.
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title = {Stereospecific Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of endo -Dicyclopentadiene by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts},
author = {Autenrieth, Benjamin and Jeong, Hyangsoo and Forrest, William P. and Axtell, Jonathan C. and Ota, Antje and Lehr, Thomas and Buchmeiser, Michael R. and Schrock, Richard R.},
abstractNote = {Here we report an examination of the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of endo-dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by 10 well-defined molybdenum-based and 16 tungsten-based alkylidene initiators. Five tungsten-based MAP (monoaryloxide pyrrolide) initiators with the general formula W(X)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OAr) (X = arylimido, alkylimido, or oxo; Me2Pyr =2,5-dimethylpyrrolide; OAr = an aryloxide) were found to yield >98% cis, >98% syndiotactic poly(DCPD); they are W(N-t-Bu)(CHCMe3)(pyr)(OHMT) (2, OHMT = O-2,6-(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)2C6H3, pyr = pyrrolide), W(N-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(pyr)(OHMT) (3), W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OHMT)(PPh2Me) (7, Me2Pyr =2,5-dimethylpyrrolide), W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(ODFT)(PPh2Me) (9, ODFT = O-2,6-(C6F5)2C6H3), and W(O)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OTPP)(PMePh2) (10, OTPP = O-2,3,5,6-Ph4C6H). Two biphenolate alkylidene complexes, Mo(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(rac-biphen) (17) and W(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)(CHCMe2Ph)(rac-biphen) (22, biphen =3,3'-(t-Bu)2-5,5'-6,6'-(CH3)4-1,1'-biphenyl-2,2'-diolate), were found to yield >98% cis, >98% isotactic poly(DCPD). Cis, syndiotactic or cis, isotactic poly(DCPD)s (made with 50–1000 equiv of DCPD) are accessible within seconds to minutes in dichloromethane at room temperature. No isomerization or cross-linking reactions are determined, and addition of a chain transfer reagent (1-hexene) or the use of THF as a solvent does not decrease the stereospecificity of the polymerizations. Cis, syndiotactic and cis, isotactic poly(DCPD)s can be distinguished readily from each other by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Hydrogenation of each stereoregular poly(DCPD) produces H-poly(DCPD)s that have melting points near 270 °C (syndiotactic) or 290 °C (isotactic) and high crystallinities (wc = 0.83 for syndiotactic and wc = 0.74 for isotactic).},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00123},
journal = {Macromolecules},
number = 8,
volume = 48,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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