Olefin cross metathesis as a versatile method for the facile functionalization of porous polymers

Altuna-Ruiz de Aguino, Amaia and Cormack, Peter A. G. and Prunet, Joëlle (2020) Olefin cross metathesis as a versatile method for the facile functionalization of porous polymers. Organic Letters, 22 (6). pp. 2481-2485. ISSN 1523-7060 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00726)

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Abstract

Olefin cross metathesis has been employed for the first time for the post-polymerization chemical modification of porous polymers. High quality microspheres of poly(divinylbenzene) were synthesized by the precipitation polymerization of divi-nylbenzene-55 in porogenic solvents, and the olefin cross metathesis reactions of the pendent (polymer-bound) vinyl groups not consumed by polymerization were performed with diverse coupling partners in dichloromethane using the Grubbs 2 catalyst, leading to microspheres decorated with a wide range of functional groups.