Functionalized Hyperbranched Polymers via Olefin Metathesis

Hyperbranched polymers are highly branched, three-dimensional which are closely related to dendrimers are typically prepared via a one-pot polycondensation of _(n≥2) monomers.^1 Although hyperbranched macromolecules the uniformity of monodisperse dendrimers, they still many attractive dendritic features such as good solubility, solution viscosity, globular structure, and multiple end .^1-3 Furthermore, the usually inexpensive, one-pot synthesis these polymers makes them particularly desirable for bulk-material and specialty applications. Toward end, hyperbranched polymers have been investigated as both -modifying additives to conventional polymers and as -carrying supports or multifunctional macroinitiators, a large number of functional sites within a compact space beneficial.