Facile, efficient functionalization of polyolefins via controlled incorporation of terminal olefins by repeated 1,7-octadiene insertion

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 14170-14171

  Nomura, Kotohiro ^a   Liu, Jingyu ^a   Fujiki, Michiya ^a   Takemoto, Arimitsu ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 36448971982     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja076633w     Document Type: Article

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46. 13C NMR (dept) spectra were assigned after hydrogenation. These are also shown in the Supporting Information.
47. 10 the polymer may become insoluble upon increasing the catalyst concentration and/or longer reaction time due to the subsequent cross-linking accompanied partially. Low OD conversion seems to be thus important to control the degree of cross-linking.
48. n = 1.87-2.12 (1, 0.02-0.03 μmol, ethylene 6-8 atm, OD + OC, 10 or 15mL in toluene at 25°C). More details are shown in the Supporting Information.