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Science 17 February 1989:
Vol. 243. no. 4893, pp. 907 - 915
DOI: 10.1126/science.2645643
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Science, Vol 243, Issue 4893, 907-915
Copyright © 1989 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Polymer synthesis and organotransition metal chemistry

RH Grubbs and W Tumas

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.

Mechanistic and synthetic studies in organometallic chemistry have provided considerable insight into olefin metathesis and Ziegler-Natta polymerization. New homogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts based on high oxidation state transition metals have opened new opportunities in polymer synthesis by providing unprecedented control in ring-opening polymerization of cyclic alkenes. The recent development of living coordinative polymerization systems has led to the preparation of a number of new, interesting materials, including block copolymers, conducting polymers or precursors, and ionophoric polymeric substrates.


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