Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation and Related Chemistry: State of the Art and Visions for the New Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Romp and Related Chemistry: Past, Present and Fututre....Pages 1-15
Mechanism of Ruthenium Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts....Pages 17-21
Ruthenium Catalysts for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) and Related Chemistry....Pages 23-44
Blockiness and Tacticity in Ring-Opened Metathesis Polymers....Pages 45-56
High-Resolution NMR and ROMP....Pages 57-67
Application of ROMP in the Synthesis of Functional Polymers: An Approach to Novel Organic/Inorganic Composites....Pages 69-80
Macromolecular Engineering Using Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation....Pages 81-89
Synthesis of New Macromolecular Architectures Based on Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation....Pages 91-104
Well-Defined Crosslinked Materials Via Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM)-ROMP....Pages 105-115
New Materials from Thermal and Photoinduced Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP/PROMP)....Pages 117-131
Novel Polymeric Materials Via ROMP Using Well-Defined Initiators....Pages 133-141
Synthesis and Characterization of SCLC-Homopolymers and Blockcopolymers....Pages 143-155
ROMP of Norbornene Derivatives of Amino-Esters and Amino-Acids....Pages 157-166
ROMP of Norbornene Derivatives of Peptides and Nucleicacids....Pages 167-176
Application of ROMP in the Synthesis of Functional Polymers: Electro-Active Polymeric Materials....Pages 177-183
ROMP Polymers in Electronic Applications: Conjugated Polymers, Polyelectrolytes and Photoresist Polymers....Pages 185-194
ROMP in the Synthesis of Well-Defined Catalytic Supports....Pages 195-204
High Performance Materials for Separation Techniques Via ROMP....Pages 205-215
Free Radical Forming Activity of the Grubbs Catalyst and Related Organometallics....Pages 217-226
Dual Activity of Ruthenium Complexes in Olefin Metathesis and Radical Reactions....Pages 227-245
Applications of the Olefin Metathesis Reaction to Industrial Processes....Pages 247-261
Stereo-Selectivity of Monocycloolefin Ring-Opening Metathesis....Pages 263-273
Effective Syntheses of Natural Compounds Using Ring Opening Metathesis as a Key Reaction....Pages 275-284
Metal-Containing Polymers Via ADMET Chemistry....Pages 285-293
Metathesis Polycondensation of Substituted p -Divinylbenzenes: A way to Easily Processable p -Phenylenevinylene (PV) Oligomers with Valuable Properties....Pages 295-305
Functionalized Polyethylene Synthesis Via ADMET Chemistry....Pages 307-319
ROMP and ADMET Polymerisation with Carbyne Complexes as Catalysts....Pages 321-330
Silylative Coupling Polycondensation (SCP) vs. ADMET Polymerization of Divinylsubstituted Silicon Compounds....Pages 331-340
Metathesis Polymerisation of Alkynes....Pages 341-348
Polymerisation of Cyclic Olefins and Alkynes by Sevencoordinate Tungsten (II) and Molybdenum (II) Compounds....Pages 349-364
Study of the Activity and Stereoselectivity of Some Metathesis Catalysts with Acyclic Internal Olefins....Pages 365-375
Applications of Olefin Metathesis in the Oleochemistry....Pages 377-390
Cross-Metathesis vs. Silylative Coupling of Olefins with Vinylsubstituted Silicon Compounds in the Presence of Transition Metal Complexes....Pages 391-405
Synthesis of Well-Defined Graft Copolymers and their Organisation at the Air-Water Interface....Pages 407-415
Polymerisation of Unconventional Monosubstituted Acetylenes with Metathesis and Insertion Catalysts....Pages 417-424
Speculations on the Possible Mechanism of the New Routes to Polymer Synthesis by Friedel-Crafts Metathesis Catalytic Systems....Pages 425-436
Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Terminal Olefin Metathesis and Polymerization Onto W(CO) 6 and Mo(CO) 6 CCl 4 , CBr 4 /hv Catalyst Systems in Gas-Phase....Pages 437-449
Heterogenation of a Shiff Base Substituted Grubbs Catalyst and A Ru-Dimer to Perform ROMP Reactions....Pages 451-464
Catalyst Activity and Selectivity in ROMP of Dicyclopentadiene Induced by Some Tungsten Systems....Pages 465-476
Ultrasound Assisted Metathesis of Monocyclic Olefins with Tungsten-Based Catalysts....Pages 477-482
DFT Study on Ethene Metathesis Proceeding on MoO 3 /Al 2 O 3 Catalyst....Pages 483-488
Back Matter....Pages 489-493