Chapter 16
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Mediated by Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes 1
François Simal, Dominique Jan, Albert Demonceau , and 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
Several ruthenium-based catalysts of the formula [RuX (arene)(L)] have been synthesized, and relative catalyst activities were determined by monitoring the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate. The following order of increasing activity was determined: X = I < B r < Cl and L = P P h
