Abstract
The well-defined ruthenium catalyst, Cl2(Cy3P)2RuCHPh (1) was found to effect the clean metathesis depolymerization of high molecular weight 1,4-polybutadiene at room temperature. Further, the role of the 1,2-repeat units in intramolecular chain limitation was delineated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1494-1496 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 7 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry