Volume 38, Issue 4 pp. 538-540
Communication

Highly Efficient Ruthenium-Based Catalytic Systems for the Controlled Free-Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers

François Simal

François Simal

Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and, Organic Catalysis, C.E.R.M., University of Liège, Sart-Tilman (B.6a), B-4000 Liège (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 4-366-34-97

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Albert Demonceau

Albert Demonceau

Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and, Organic Catalysis, C.E.R.M., University of Liège, Sart-Tilman (B.6a), B-4000 Liège (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 4-366-34-97

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Alfred F. Noels

Alfred F. Noels

Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and, Organic Catalysis, C.E.R.M., University of Liège, Sart-Tilman (B.6a), B-4000 Liège (Belgium), Fax: (+32) 4-366-34-97

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Abstract

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.

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