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