Novel Metathesis Chemistry: Well-Defined Initiator Systems for Specialty Chemical Synthesis, Tailored Polymers and Advanced Material Applications

1: Initiating Systems for Specialty Chemical Synthesis.- The Alkene Metathesis Ruthenium Catalyst Saga.- Ruthenium Carbenes as Catalysts for Alkene Metathesis.- Metathetical Conversion and Silylative Coupling of Alkadienes and Cycloalkenes with mono- and di-Vinylsilicon Compounds.- Synthesis of Organosilicon Reagents of Vinylsilicon Functionality via Cross-Metathesis and Silylation of Alkenes.- Catalytic Properties and Chemical Transformations of cis-W(CO)4(C5H5N)2 Initiator in Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization.- The Impact of Weil-Defined Transition Metal Initiators on ROMP.- Dual Activity of Ruthenium Catalysts in Controlled Radical Reactions and Olefin Metathesis.- O, N- Bidentate Ligands Co-Ordinated on Ru-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts.- Catalytic Activity of W-Sn and Mo-Sn Bimetallic Compounds in Metathesis and Related Reactions.- Polymerizations Catalyzed with Rhodium Complexes.- Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Immobilized Catalysts for Polymerization of Phenylacetylene and its Derivatives.- Study of the Stability and Activity of Electrochemically Produced Tungsten-Based Metathesis Catalyst with Symmetrical Alkenes.- Immobilized Tungsten-Containing Catalysts for the Metathesis of Linear and Functionalized Olefins.- 2: The Range of Topics Covered Ii Material Science.- The Incorporation of Amino Acids into Polymers via ADMET.- Graft Copolymers Attained by ATRP and ADMET.- Synthesis, Conformation, and Functions of Helical Poly(N-Propargylamides):.- Synthesis of Block Copolymers and Star Polymers through Living Polymerization of Substituted Acetylenes.- Weil-Defined Linear and Crosslinked Materials via ROMP and RTM Processing.- Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP) of Cyclooctene and Substituted Norbornene Derivatives Using a Ruthenium Catalyst Containinga Triazol-5-Ylidene Ligand.- Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Polymerization by Electrochemically Generated Tungsten-Based Active Catalyst System: Optimization of Reaction Conditions.- Probing the Tacticity of Ring-Opened Metathesis Polymers of Norbornene and Norbornadiene Diesters by NMR Spectroscopy.- Metathesis and Polyolefin Growth on Cadmium Selenide Surfaces Using Ruthenium-Based Catalysts.- Acyclic Diene Metathesis Condensation (ADMET) of 1,2-Divinylferrocene (DVFC).- Acyclic Diyne Metathesis Condensation of 3-Alkyl-2,5-di(l-propynyl)-thiophenes.- Ring Closing Versus Cyclic Isomerization of 1,6-Dienes by Ruthenium Allenylidene Complexes.- Application of Uniform-Macroporous Polystyrene Particles as Support In W(CO)6/CC14/hv Photocatalytic Olefin Metathesis System.- Reactions of Atomic Carbon with 2-Norbornene.- Intramolecular Trapping of Strained Bicyclic Allene in Carbon Atom Reactions.- 3: Indusrial Aspects.- Industrial Applications of Olefin Metathesis.- Synthesis of Cyclobutane Hydrocarbons by Combination of (2+2)?-Cycloaddition and Olefin Metathesis. Their Abilities as Effective Propellants.- Directional Synthesis of Membrane Materials by ROMP of Silyl-Substituted Norbornadienes and Norbornenes.