Monolithic Materials: New High-Performance Supports for Permanently Immobilized Metathesis Catalysts

Abstract

Back to the roots: Ring-opening metathesis polymerization allows the synthesis of monolithic materials, which may be subject to an in situ derivatization with dihydroimidazolium salts through metathesis graft polymerization. This method offers an attractive route to highly reactive, permanently immobilized metathesis initiators. The picture shows an electron microscope image of the microstructure of the monolithic support.