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ACS MACRO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 780-784Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00248
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- NSF [CMMI 19-33932]
- Department of Defense
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The development of a photo-redox-initiated frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) chemical system is reported. This system provides a well-controlled reaction front and extended pot life.
Herein, we report the development of a photo-redox-initiated frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) chemical system. We found that a ruthenium-based, bis-N-heterocyclic carbene metathesis precatalyst was activated with 9-mesityl-10-phenylacridindium tetrafluoroborate, copper(II) triflate, and a 455 nm light source. This chemistry was used to initiate the FROMP of dicyclopentadiene; once initiated, the heat released from the polymerization sustained a well-controlled reaction front. Variation in copper or metathesis precatalyst loading yielded front speeds ranging from 0.15 to 0.43 mm s(-1) and front temperatures ranging from 140 to 205 degrees C. While the glass transition temperatures of the resultant polymers are lower than those derived with Grubbs' second-generation catalyst, this chemical system provides extended pot life.
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