Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization to Access Degradable Imine-based Polymers

Wu Li; Si-Jia Cheng; You-Gui Li; Muhammad Asadullah Khan; Min Chen

doi:10.1007/s10118-024-3220-7

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Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization to Access Degradable Imine-based Polymers

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2025-07-14

- Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization to Access Degradable Imine-based Polymers
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 43, Issue 6, Pages: 908-913(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
  b.Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  c.Insititutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Author bio：
  
  liyg@hfut.edu.cn (Y.G.L.)
  chemistdrasad@gmail.com (M.A.K.)
  misschen@ahu.edu.cn (M.C.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-024-3220-7
  CLC：
- Received：17 July 2024，
  
  Revised：13 August 2024，
  
  Accepted：13 August 2024，
  
  Published Online：07 November 2024，
  
  Published：20 May 2025
- Accepted：
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Li, W.; Cheng, S. J.; Li, Y. G.; Khan, M. A.; Chen, M. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization to access degradable imine-based polymers. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 908–913

Wu Li, Si-Jia Cheng, You-Gui Li, et al. Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization to Access Degradable Imine-based Polymers[J]. Chinese journal of polymer science, 2025, 43(6): 908-913.
Li, W.; Cheng, S. J.; Li, Y. G.; Khan, M. A.; Chen, M. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization to access degradable imine-based polymers. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 43, 908–913 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3220-7.

Wu Li, Si-Jia Cheng, You-Gui Li, et al. Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization to Access Degradable Imine-based Polymers[J]. Chinese journal of polymer science, 2025, 43(6): 908-913. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-024-3220-7.

摘要

Imine-based copolymers was synthesized through the copolymerization of cyclooctene with cyclic imine comonomer via ROMP

which were degraded into amine capped telechelic polymer. And this telechelic polymer could also be used for the further synthesis of new polymer after post-transformation process.

Abstract

As a powerful synthetic tool

ruthenium-catalyzed ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) has been widely utilized to prepare diverse heteroatom-containing polymers. In this contribution

we report the synthesis of the novel imine-based polymer through the copolymerization of cyclooctene with cyclic imine comonomer

via

ROMP. Because of the efficient hydrolysis reactions of the imine group

the generated copolymer can be easily degraded under mild condition. Moreover

the generated degradable product was the telechelic polymer bearing amine group

which was highly challenged for its direct synthesis. And this telechelic polymer could also be used for the further synthesis of new polymer through post-transformation. The introduction of imine unit in this work provides a new example of the degradable polymer synthesis.

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