Electrochemically generated catalyst system with increased specificity and efficiency for olefin metathesis

TL;DR: The ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclododecene using an electrochemically reduced tungsten-based catalyst (WCl6e−AlCH2Cl2) is described in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the copolymerization of 1,5-cyclooctadiene and norbornene in the presence of an electrochemically generated WCl6-based catalyst was investigated.

TL;DR: A typical low-strain monomer, cyclooctene, was polymerized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization with electrochemically produced active species as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of polypentenamer by an electrochemically generated metathesis polymerization catalyst from methylene chloride solution of WCl6 was investigated and the effect of reaction parameters, e.g., olefin/catalyst ratio, reaction time, electrolysis time, catalyst aging, on the polymerization yield have been studied.