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Study of Green Solvents for Ruthenium Alkylidene Mediated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

  • Hyun Gyu Shin
  • , Hyun Sub Lee
  • , Eun Ji Hong
  • , Jeung Gon Kim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Ruthenium alkylidene mediated ring-opening metathesis polymerizations (Ru-ROMP) are evaluated in green chemical solvents to increase their green metrics. The Ru-ROMP of representative monomers of norbornene, oxa-norbornene, and cyclooctadiene were compared in reference solvents (tetrahydrofuran and chloroform) and green solvents (2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, dimethyl carbonate, and acetone). The results showed that the use of a green solvent is promising. All green solvents exhibited excellent Ru-ROMP efficiency while their chain length controls were sensitive to solvents and monomers. Among the candidates, dimethyl carbonate expressed the general applicability of various combinations of monomers and solvents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)502-505
Number of pages4
JournalBulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021.03

Keywords

  • Green chemistry
  • Green solvent
  • Ring-opening metathesis polymerization
  • Ruthenium alkylidene

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Chemistry

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