| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, , University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431 Sebla Onbulak and Yanzhao Wang contributed equally.;2. Department of Chemistry, , University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455-0431 |
| Abstract: | One new and one established functional cyclooctene were prepared and (co)polymerized using ring-opening metathesis polymerization. The resulting polymers were hydrogenated to yield the corresponding functional polyolefins that were structurally equivalent to copolymers of ethylene and either methyl methacrylate, t-butyl acrylate, or acrylic acid after deprotection. The copolymers that incorporate methyl methacrylate into the backbone were used as compatibilizers for poly(methyl methacrylate)/polyethylene blends. The copolymers that incorporate t-butyl acrylate into the backbone yielded elastomers that could be thermally crosslinked. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 3117–3126 |
