Ring opening metathesis polymerisation and related chemistry : state of the art and visions for the new century : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation and Related Chemistry : State of the Art and Visi

Since the last ASI in Turkey in Sept. 1995, the olefin metathesis has made remarkable strong developments with an incredible speed in various directions. New catalyst systems have been developed which have resulted in the synthesis of novel materials. Other fascinating developments have been the new catalysts for stereoselective metathesis and catalysts with considerable functional group tolerance. These new catalysts in addition to Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP) and Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) are now powerful tools for Ring Closing Metathesis (RCM) and have found many applications in the synthesis of natural products. A lot of information has been established about all aspects of the olefin metathesis and there is a vast literature concerning the process, covering the initiators, mechanistic features and applications of this reaction in organic and polymer synthesis. The NATO ASI on rd th ROMP and Related Chemistry took place in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland during 3 to 15 Sept. 2000, to highlight the developments in this area and to discuss the prospects and visions for the year 2000 and beyond. The aims of the ASI were: to provide a platform for dissemination of knowledge; to promote communication between people who have a serious interest in this field of chemistry; to help establishing international scientific contacts and to provide an opportunity for the scientists with an appropriate scientific background to learn of recent developments in this field of science. There were 15 lecturers and 67 participants in this NATO ASI. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Romp and Related Chemistry: Past, Present and Fututre....Pages 1-15 Mechanism of Ruthenium Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts....Pages 17-21 Ruthenium Catalysts for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) and Related Chemistry....Pages 23-44 Blockiness and Tacticity in Ring-Opened Metathesis Polymers....Pages 45-56 High-Resolution NMR and ROMP....Pages 57-67 Application of ROMP in the Synthesis of Functional Polymers: An Approach to Novel Organic/Inorganic Composites....Pages 69-80 Macromolecular Engineering Using Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation....Pages 81-89 Synthesis of New Macromolecular Architectures Based on Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation....Pages 91-104 Well-Defined Crosslinked Materials Via Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM)-ROMP....Pages 105-115 New Materials from Thermal and Photoinduced Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP/PROMP)....Pages 117-131 Novel Polymeric Materials Via ROMP Using Well-Defined Initiators....Pages 133-141 Synthesis and Characterization of SCLC-Homopolymers and Blockcopolymers....Pages 143-155 ROMP of Norbornene Derivatives of Amino-Esters and Amino-Acids....Pages 157-166 ROMP of Norbornene Derivatives of Peptides and Nucleicacids....Pages 167-176 Application of ROMP in the Synthesis of Functional Polymers: Electro-Active Polymeric Materials....Pages 177-183 ROMP Polymers in Electronic Applications: Conjugated Polymers, Polyelectrolytes and Photoresist Polymers....Pages 185-194 ROMP in the Synthesis of Well-Defined Catalytic Supports....Pages 195-204 High Performance Materials for Separation Techniques Via ROMP....Pages 205-215 Free Radical Forming Activity of the Grubbs Catalyst and Related Organometallics....Pages 217-226 Dual Activity of Ruthenium Complexes in Olefin Metathesis and Radical Reactions....Pages 227-245 Applications of the Olefin Metathesis Reaction to Industrial Processes....Pages 247-261 Stereo-Selectivity of Monocycloolefin Ring-Opening Metathesis....Pages 263-273 Effective Syntheses of Natural Compounds Using Ring Opening Metathesis as a Key Reaction....Pages 275-284 Metal-Containing Polymers Via ADMET Chemistry....Pages 285-293 Metathesis Polycondensation of Substituted p -Divinylbenzenes: A way to Easily Processable p -Phenylenevinylene (PV) Oligomers with Valuable Properties....Pages 295-305 Functionalized Polyethylene Synthesis Via ADMET Chemistry....Pages 307-319 ROMP and ADMET Polymerisation with Carbyne Complexes as Catalysts....Pages 321-330 Silylative Coupling Polycondensation (SCP) vs. ADMET Polymerization of Divinylsubstituted Silicon Compounds....Pages 331-340 Metathesis Polymerisation of Alkynes....Pages 341-348 Polymerisation of Cyclic Olefins and Alkynes by Sevencoordinate Tungsten (II) and Molybdenum (II) Compounds....Pages 349-364 Study of the Activity and Stereoselectivity of Some Metathesis Catalysts with Acyclic Internal Olefins....Pages 365-375 Applications of Olefin Metathesis in the Oleochemistry....Pages 377-390 Cross-Metathesis vs. Silylative Coupling of Olefins with Vinylsubstituted Silicon Compounds in the Presence of Transition Metal Complexes....Pages 391-405 Synthesis of Well-Defined Graft Copolymers and their Organisation at the Air-Water Interface....Pages 407-415 Polymerisation of Unconventional Monosubstituted Acetylenes with Metathesis and Insertion Catalysts....Pages 417-424 Speculations on the Possible Mechanism of the New Routes to Polymer Synthesis by Friedel-Crafts Metathesis Catalytic Systems....Pages 425-436 Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Terminal Olefin Metathesis and Polymerization Onto W(CO) 6 and Mo(CO) 6 CCl 4 , CBr 4 /hv Catalyst Systems in Gas-Phase....Pages 437-449 Heterogenation of a Shiff Base Substituted Grubbs Catalyst and A Ru-Dimer to Perform ROMP Reactions....Pages 451-464 Catalyst Activity and Selectivity in ROMP of Dicyclopentadiene Induced by Some Tungsten Systems....Pages 465-476 Ultrasound Assisted Metathesis of Monocyclic Olefins with Tungsten-Based Catalysts....Pages 477-482 DFT Study on Ethene Metathesis Proceeding on MoO 3 /Al 2 O 3 Catalyst....Pages 483-488 Back Matter....Pages 489-493 The book highlights the latest developments of new catalysts for stereoselective metathesis and catalysts with considerable functional group tolerance which have permitted the synthesis of novel materials. It also shows that these new catalysts in addition to Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP), Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET), and Cross metathesis (CM) are now powerful tools for Ring Closing Metathesis (RCM) which has found many applications in the synthesis of natural products The history of the development of ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), and the related reactions of olefin metathesis (OM), ring-closing metathesis (RCM), asymmetric ring-closing metathesis (ARCM), and acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization, is outlined. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Polaica-Zdroj, Poland, 3-15 September 2000