STEREOREGULAR FLUOROPOLYMERS: 6. THE RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF N-PENTAFLUOROPHENYLBICYCLOHEPT-5-ENE-2,3-DICARBOXIMIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)83072-9

Exo-N-pentafluorophenylbicyclo<2.2.1>hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboximide (I) readily undergoes metathesis ring-opening polymerization when exposed to conventional metathesis catalysts such as WCl6/Me4Sn and MoCl5/Me4Sn; by contrast, its endo isomer (II) is not homopolymerized but can be copolymerized with (I).The microstructures of the resulting polymers are established and discussed.