Novel metathesis chemistry : well-defined initiator systems for specialty chemical synthesis, tailored polymers and advanced material applications : [proceedings of the Nato Study Institute on Novel Metathesis Chemistry, Designing Well-Defined Initiator S

a Comprehensive Discussion Of The Theory, Practice And Application Of Catalytically Active Transition Metal Species And Their Application In The Production Of Specialist Polymeric Materials. The Material Is Presented In A Progressive Manner, Suitable For Non-experts And Those Seeking An Introduction To The Field. The Bibliographies Supplied Are Complete And Up To Date, Making The Book An Indispensable Guide To The Primary Literature For The More Theoretical Background To The Topics Discussed. after A Comprehensive Discussion Of Initiating Systems For Speciality Chemical Synthesis The Book Goes On To Deal With A Wide Range Of Topics In Materials Science, Including: Alkenamers, Polyacetylenes, Industrial Applications And Liquid Rocket Engine Fuels. Front Matter....Pages i-xx The Alkene Metathesis Ruthenium Catalyst Saga....Pages 1-21 Ruthenium Carbenes as Catalysts for Alkene Metathesis....Pages 23-42 Metathetical Conversion and Silylative Coupling of Alkadienes and Cycloalkenes with Mono- and Divinylsilicon Compounds....Pages 43-49 Synthesis of Organosilicon Reagents of Vinylsilicon Functionality via Cross-Metathesis and Silylation of Alkenes....Pages 51-64 Catalytic Properties and Chemical Transformations of CIS -W(CO) 4 (C 5 H 5 N) 2 Initiator in Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization....Pages 65-71 The Impact of Well-Defined Transition Metal Initiators on ROMP....Pages 73-85 Dual Activity of Ruthenium Catalysts in Controlled Radical Reactions and Olefin Metathesis....Pages 87-100 O,N- Bidentate Ligands Co-Ordinated on Ru-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts....Pages 101-119 Catalytic Activity of W-Sn and Mo-Sn Bimetallic Compounds in Metathesis and Related Reactions....Pages 121-129 Polymerizations Catalyzed with Rhodium Complexes....Pages 131-154 Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Immobilized Catalysts for Polymerization of Phenylacetylene and Its Derivatives....Pages 155-165 Study of the Stability and Activity of Electrochemically Produced Tungsten-Based Metathesis Catalyst with Symmetrical Alkenes....Pages 167-171 Immobilized Tungsten-Containing Catalysts for the Metathesis of Linear and Functionalized Olefins....Pages 173-177 The Incorporation of Amino Acids into Polymers ADMET....Pages 179-189 Graft Copolymers Attained by ATRP and ADMET....Pages 191-202 Synthesis, Conformation, and Functions of Helical Poly( N -Propargylamides):....Pages 203-213 Synthesis of Block Copolymers and Star Polymers through Living Polymerization of Substituted Acetylenes....Pages 215-227 Well-Defined Linear and Crosslinked Materials via ROMP and RTM Processing....Pages 229-235 Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP) of Cyclooctene and Substituted Norbornene Derivatives Using a Ruthenium Catalyst Containing a Triazol-5-Ylidene Ligand....Pages 237-242 Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Polymerization by Electrochemically Generated Tungsten-Based Active Catalyst System: Optimization of Reaction Conditions....Pages 243-247 Probing the Tacticity of Ring-Opened Metathesis Polymers of Norbornene and Norbornadiene Diesters by NMR Spectroscopy....Pages 249-261 Metathesis and Polyolefin Growth on Cadmium Selenide Surfaces Using Ruthenium-Based Catalysts....Pages 263-270 Acyclic Diene Metathesis Condensation (ADMET) of 1,2-Divinylferrocene (DVFC)....Pages 271-276 Acyclic Diyne Metathesis Condensation of 3-ALKYL-2,5-DI (1-Propynyl)-Thiophenes....Pages 277-284 Ring Closing Versus Cyclic Isomerization of 1,6-Dienes by Ruthenium Allenylidene Complexes....Pages 285-293 Application of Uniform Macroporous Polystyrene Particles as Support in W(CO) 6 /CC14/hv Photocatalytic Olefin Metathesis System....Pages 295-301 Reactions of Atomic Carbon with 2-Norbornene....Pages 303-308 Intramolecular Trapping of Strained Bicyclic Allene in Carbon Atom Reactions....Pages 309-312 Industrial Applications of Olefin Metathesis....Pages 313-322 Synthesis of Cyclobutane Hydrocarbons By Combination of (2+2) π -Cycloaddition and Olefin Metathesis. Their Abilities as Effective Propellants....Pages 323-340 Directional Synthesis of Membrane Materials by ROMP of Silyl-Substituted Norbornadienes and Norbornenes....Pages 341-349 Back Matter....Pages 351-354 In 1968, Calderon identified, from his work on cross metathesis of deuterated butène, the double bonds as the reactive center in olefin metathesis(25).