Abstract
AbstractThe polymerization of cyclopentene in the presence of an unsaturated ester led to the synthesis of low‐molecular‐weight polypentenamer with a terminal functional group by ringopening metathesis polymerization using WCl6/AlEtCl2/EtOH as catalyst. Unlike most reactions of this nature the efficiency of the catalyst system is high because the ester used possesses an electron withdrawing group, the trichloromethyl group. The presence of this group ensures that the complex formed between the metal carbene complex and the ester group is reduced in stability and catalyst concentrations normally used for ring‐opening metathesis polymerizations can be used (mole ratio W : CP = 1 : 1000), the concentrations of ester being quite high (mole ratio ester : CP = 1 : 5). Under these conditions reasonably high yields of liquid polymers are obtained.
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