Metathetical Degradation and Depolymerization of Unsaturated Polymers
1997 ◽
Vol 70
(3)
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pp. 519-529
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Abstract The employment of transition metal catalysts has been a viable route in the degradation and depolymerization of unsaturated polymers. Initially, unsaturated polymers were degraded with a catalytic system containing a transition metal and a Lewis acid cocatalyst (WCl6/SnBu4). Degradation chemistry was effective in reducing the molecular weight of the polymer, however, the classical catalyst system induces side reactions which generates ill-defined products. These side reactions were obviated by using a preformed alkylidene without a Lewis acid cocatalyst, and perfectly difunctional telechelics were synthesized.
2005 ◽
pp. 279-321
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1998 ◽
Vol 199
(3)
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pp. 415-421
1998 ◽
Vol 199
(3)
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pp. 415-421
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