Ring-opening metathesis polymerisation

[1] The reaction is driven by relieving ring strain in cyclic olefins.

[4] Organometallic catalysts used in ROMP usually have transition metal centres, such as tungsten, rubidium, titanium, etc., with organic ligands.

[4] Examples of polymers produced on an industrial level through ROMP catalysis are Vestenamer, Norsorex and ZEONEX, among others.

[9] Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) is a variation of ROMP.

[10] One example of this system is the FROMP of dicyclopentadiene with a Grubbs' catalyst initiated by heat.

ROMP reaction giving polynorbornene . Like most commercial alkene metathesis processes, this reaction does not employ a well-defined molecular catalyst.