The synthesis and electrochemical properties of novel block copolymers are reported. Three different norbornene derivatives having phenylene-thiophene, phenylene-bithiophene, and phenylene-furan structures were copolymerized with either norbornene or 7-oxanorbornene derivatives via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Block copolymers’ stabilities and solubilities could be improved by...

The first palladium-catalyzed ring opening of norbornene to prepare methylenecyclopentane derivatives has been established. The process, which uses readily available aryl iodides, tosylhydrazones and norbornene as starting materials, likely takes place via tandem Heck-type coupling, palladium carbene migratory insertion, C-C bond cleavage and the β-hydride elimination pathway in a single synthe...

Palladium-catalyzed hydroarylations and additional domino reactions of aza-bicyclic and tricyclic norbornene derivatives were investigated and a series of new epibatidine analogues were synthesized.

highly active metallocenes and other single site catalysts have opened up the possibility of polymerizing cycloolefins such as norbornene (n) or of copolymerizing them with ethene (e) or propene (p). the polymers obtained show exciting structures and properties. e-n copolymers are industrially produced materials, with variable and high glass transitions depending on the wide range of their micr...

This manuscript describes facile ring-opening/cross-metathesis (ROCM) reactions between unsymmetrical norbornene derivatives and electron-rich olefins in the presence of the second-generation Grubbs' catalyst to generate highly substituted furans and pyrroles.

Highly active metallocenes and other single site catalysts have opened up the possibility of polymerizing cycloolefins such as norbornene (N) or of copolymerizing them with ethene (E) or propene (P). The polymers obtained show exciting structures and properties. E-N copolymers are industrially produced materials, with variable and high glass transitions depending on the wide range of their micr...

Amphiphilic cationic polynorbornene derivatives, soluble in water, were prepared from modular norbornene monomers, with a wide range of molecular weights (M(n) = 1600-137 500 g/mol) and narrow polydispersities (PDI = 1.1-1.3). The antibacterial activity determined by growth inhibition assays and the hemolytic activity against human red blood cells were measured and compared to determine the sel...

Phosphino-phenolate neutral nickel catalysts 1-3/B(C6F5)3, without the help of any organoaluminum compound, were found to be efficient catalytic systems for norbornene polymerization and its copolymerization with norbornene derivatives. The amount of B(C6F5)3 required for achieving a high efficiency (3 equiv.) was markedly lower compared to previous reports, and high molecular weight polymers w...