One use of alkene metathesis is to form polymers from cyclic alkenes (ROMP, for ring-opening metathesis polymerization).

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One use of alkene metathesis is to form polymers from cyclic alkenes (“ROMP,” for “ring-opening metathesis polymerization”). Give the structure of the polymer formed when each of the following alkenes is polymerized with an appropriate metathesis catalyst.(a) (b) cyclooctene norbornene

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781936221349

6th Edition

Authors: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise

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