Highly Efficient Ruthenium-Based Catalytic Systems for the Controlled Free-Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers

François Simal; Albert Demonceau; Alfred F Noels

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<538::AID-ANIE538>3.0.CO;2-W

Highly Efficient Ruthenium-Based Catalytic Systems for the Controlled Free-Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Feb 15;38(4):538-540. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<538::AID-ANIE538>3.0.CO;2-W.

Authors

François Simal¹, Albert Demonceau¹, Alfred F Noels¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and, Organic Catalysis, C.E.R.M., University of Liège, Sart-Tilman (B.6a), B-4000 Liège (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 4-366-34-97.

PMID: 29711782
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<538::AID-ANIE538>3.0.CO;2-W

Abstract

A new set of ruthenium complexes such as 1 and 2 (the Grubbs ruthenium-carbene complex) has been shown to mediate the controlled atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of vinyl monomers with exceptional efficiency. Furthermore, there is a striking parallelism between the catalytic activity of these compounds in olefin metathesis and in ATRP.

Keywords: P ligands; Polymerizations; Radical reactions; Ruthenium.