Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.53, No.20, 2357-2362, 2015
Norbornene derivatives from a metal-free, strain-promoted cycloaddition reaction: New building blocks for ring-opening metathesis polymerization reactions
The preparation of new ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) monomers using a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between aryl azides and norbornadiene is described. Various norbornenetriazolines, obtained through a solvent-and catalyst-free reaction, can subsequently be incorporated into polymer backbones through ROMP reactions. Furthermore, thermal decomposition of the triazoline moiety can allow for further polymer functionalization. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 2357-2362