1. For reviews of olefin metathesis see: (a) Grubbs, R. H.; Tumas, W.Science1989,243, 907. (b) Schrock, R. R.Acc. Chem. Res.1990,23, 158. (c) Amass, A. J. InNew Methods of Polymer Synthesis; Ebdon, J. R., Ed.; Chapman and Hall: New York, 1991; p 76.
2. Acyclic metathesis polymerization: the olefin metathesis reaction of 1,5-hexadiene and 1,9-decadiene