Olefin Metathesis and Polymerization Catalysts

Overture: Olefin Metathesis and Metathesis Polymerization. A Historical Perspective.- The Stereochemistry of Metathesis of Acyclic and Cyclic Olefins.- Electrochemical Generation of Catalysts for Alkene Metathesis.- Catalysts for the Homogeneous Metathesis of Functionalized Olefins.- Block Copolymers by Anionic to Metathesis Transformation Reactions.- The Kinetics of Polymerization of Cyclopentene.- Tacticity in Polymers Initiated by Metathesis Polymerization: Effect of Catalyst.- Degradation of Polymers by Metathesis Catalysts.- Metathesis Polymerization by Homogeneous Catalysts; Simulations.- General Properties of Supported Metathesis Catalysts.- Surface Functionalization of Supported Catalysts.- Novel Supported Catalysts for Terminal Alkene Metathesis.- Characterisation of Rhenium Oxide/Alumina Metathesis Catalysts.- Stoichiometric Reactions with Reduced Phillips Catalysts.- Catalytic Reactions with Reduced Phillips Catalysts.- Non-Chromium Surface Compounds.- Coordination Chemistry of Silica Supported Cr Ions: Types of Cr(II) Ions on Reduced Samples.- Structural Analysis of Supported Chromium Systems.- Industrial Aspects of Olefin Metathesis/Polymerization Catalysts.- Syntheses of Heterogeneous, Bimetallic Metathesis Catalysts by Reactions of Fischer Type Carbene and Carbyne Complexes with Reduced Phillips Catalyst.- New Results on Alkene Metathesis and Alkyne Polymerisation with Heterogeneous Carbene Tungsten(VI) Complexes.- Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizations of 7-Oxa-norbornene Derivatives Using Ruthenium Catalysts.- The Application of Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization to the Synthesis of Substituted Polyacety lenes.- Raman Spectroscopy of Surface Rhenium Oxide on Alumina, Silica, Titania, Niobia and Magnesia.- Raman Spectroscopy of Chromium Oxide Supported on Alumina, Titania and Silica: A Comparative Study.- Stoichiometric and Catalytic Carbene Complex Reactions with the Reduced Phillips Catalyst.- Metathesis-Like Reactions of Heteroalkenes and Heteroallenes with the Carbyne Complex Cl3(dme)W=CCMe3.- Catalytic Metathesis of Alkynes.- Electrochemical Synthesis of Catalytic Species for Alkene Metathesis.- Chromium Supported Catalysts for Ethylene Gas Phase Polymerization.- Metathetical Degradation of Sulfur Vulcanized Polybutadiene by W(CO)6/CCl4/hV.- Photocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Norbornene and Norbornadiene and Cyclopentene.