RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Vinylic addition poly(norbornene-co-alkenylnorbornenes) synthesized with benzylic palladium catalysts: materials for manifold functionalization A1 Pérez Ortega, Ignacio A1 Albéniz Jiménez, Ana Carmen AB The incorporation of functional groups in the skeleton of vinylic addition polynorbornenes (VA-PNBs) is a difficult task due to the reluctant VA homo- and copolymerization of substituted norbornenes. We have found that copolymers of norbornene and alkenyl-norbornenes can be synthesized with good yields employing a-substituted benzylic complexes of palladium(II) as catalysts. The polymerization occurs exclusively through the endocyclic double bond and leaves the pendant double bond unaltered. Copolymers can be obtained with different compositions, richer in norbornene, and a different range of molecular weights depending on the catalyst used. The pendant double bond in these copolymers can be transformed by hydroboration or hydrosilylation reactions, leading to VA-PNBs with pendant polar groups not accessible either by direct polymerization or by post-polymerization functionalization reactions in an efficient way. PB Royal Society of Chemistry SN 1759-9954 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/60221 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/60221 LA spa NO Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13, 4154-4161 DS UVaDOC RD 25-nov-2024