Ruthenium-catalyzed co-metathesis of soybean oil with bicyclic olefins
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1998
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Poon, Wing Cheong
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Larock, Richard C.
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The ring-opening co-metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornadiene and norbornene derivatives with soybean oil has been performed using Grubbs' ruthenium catalyst (CY3p)2Cl2Ru=CHPh. The co-metathesized soybean oils have molecular weights of 1,800 to 12,000 and exhibit improved air drying times when compared to pure soybean oil. Norbornene derivative 2 and 7-oxanorbornene derivative 3 have been synthesized using literature procedures, and the resulting co-polymers easily dissolve in polar solvents, such as acetone.
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