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Highly Efficient Ruthenium-Based Catalytic Systems for the Controlled Free-Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers
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EngineeringOrganic ChemistryChemistryChemical EngineeringVinyl MonomersOrganometallic CatalysisHomogeneous CatalysisPolymer ChemistryControlled Free-radical PolymerizationExceptional EfficiencyGrubbs Ruthenium-carbene ComplexRuthenium ComplexesCatalysisOrganometallic PolymerBiomolecular EngineeringAlkene MetathesisPolymer SciencePolymerization KineticsPolymer ReactionPolymer Synthesis
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.