Nanoparticles containing fluorine-18 were prepared from block copolymers made by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Using the fast initiating ruthenium metathesis catalyst (H2IMes)(pyr)2(Cl)2Ru=CHPh, low polydispersity amphiphilic block copolymers were prepared from a cinnamoyl-containing hydrophobic norbornene monomer and a mesyl-terminated PEG-containing hydrophilic norbornene mon...

The ability of bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs) to self-assemble into ordered large periodic structures could greatly expand the scope photonic and membrane technologies. In this paper, we describe a two-step synthesis poly(l-lactide)-b-polystyrene (PLLA-b-PS) BBCPs their rapid thin-film self-assembly. PLLA chains were grown from exo-5-norbornene-2-methanol via ring-opening polymerization (...

A norbornene-derived hydrazone polymer was developed for high selectivity, and to be used as an effective colorimetric fluorescent chemosensor of Al3+ in aqueous solutions.

Treatment of [AuCl(PBu(t)(3))] with AgSbF(6) in CH(2)Cl(2) at room temperature in the presence of the alkenes norbornene, norbornadiene, trans-cyclooctene, and also interestingly, isobutylene, leads to the formation of stable crystalline complexes [Au(PBu(t)(3))(alkene)][SbF(6)], characterised by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

Cis-selective ring-opening metathesis polymerization of several monocyclic alkenes as well as norbornene and oxanorbornene-type monomers using a C-H activated, ruthenium-based metathesis catalyst is reported. The cis content of the isolated polymers depended heavily on the monomer structure and temperature. A cis content as high as 96% could be obtained by lowering the temperature of the polyme...

The conformational analysis of ethylene-norbornene chains (E-N) has been carried out using AM1, MM2, AMBER and OPLS methods taking into consideration the possibility of binding the ethylene monomers to norbornene monomers at various positions, i.e. exo-exo, exo-endo, endo-endo. The chain that is formed by connecting exo-endo positions of the monomers has lower torsional barrier energy than thos...

Selectively substituted o-teraryls are obtained by palladium/norbornene-catalyzed reaction of aryl iodides, aryl bromides and aryl boronic acids in ordered sequence; high selectivity is attained thanks to the addition of diethyl maleate acting as palladium ligand.

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.