%0 Journal Article
%T Polypentenamer Renaissance: Challenges and Opportunities
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00885
%X High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide This Viewpoint highlights the viability and increasing variety of functionalized polypentenamers as unique and valuable materials created through enthalpy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of low ring strain cyclopentene monomers. The terms ”°low ring strain”± and ”°enthalpy-driven”± are typically conflicting ideologies for successful ROMP; however, these monomers possess a heightened sensitivity to reaction conditions, which may be leveraged in a number of ways to provide performance elastomers with good yield and precise functional topologies. Over the last several years, a rekindled interest in these systems has led to a renaissance of research aimed at improving their synthesis and exploring their potential. Their chemistry, applications, and future outlook are discussed
%U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00885