Alternating Diene Metathesis Polycondensation (ALTMET) - A Versatile Tool for the Preparation of Perfectly Alternating AB Copolymers

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 24; no. 10; pp. 636 - 641
• Main Authors: Demel, Sandra, Slugovc, Christian, Stelzer, Franz, Fodor-Csorba, Katalin, Galli, Giancarlo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.07.2003; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley
• Subjects: ADMET; alternating copolymers; Applied sciences; Copolymerization; Exact sciences and technology; insertion metathesis; liquid crystalline polymers; Organic polymers; Physical Sciences; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymer Science; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; ruthenium; Science & Technology; 1,5-HEXADIENE; ruthenium; alternating copolymers; liquid crystalline polymers; POLYMERIZATION; ADMET; insertion metathesis; Acrylic acid ester; Ester polymer; Thermotropic state; Dienic compound; Experimental study; Complex catalyst copolymerization; Ester copolymer; Metathesis polymerization; Liquid crystal polymers; Preparation; Diester; Unsaturated copolymer; Ruthenium Complexes; Alternating copolymerization; Chlorine containing polymer; Unsaturated polymer
• ISSN: 1022-1336; 1521-3927
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200350007

Perfectly alternating copolymers can be synthesised by reacting diacrylates with terminal dienes using alternating diene metathesis polycondensation (ALTMET). This novel method is very versatile and allows preparation of diverse structures of polymers, including main‐chain liquid crystalline polymers. Main‐chain liquid crystalline polymer obtained by ALTMET.