Functional derivatization of 3- and 5-substituted cyclooctenes

Abstract

New derivatives of cyclooctene with an ester group in the 3- and 5-positions have been synthesized in high yield. The structure of obtained compounds was confirmed by a complex of physicochemical methods. The products are of interest as monomers for the synthesis of hydrophilic and amphiphilic homo- and copolymers using ring-opening metathesis polymerization of olefins. Owing to the unsaturated backbone, such polymers can undergo further modification, including by the reaction of macromolecular cross-metathesis.