Diethyl Ether → Butylnorbornene

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A 50 weight percent solution of butylnorbornene (5.0 g, 0.033 mol) was prepared in toluene. Lithium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate·2.5 Et2O (0.0012 g, 0.0014 mmol) was combined with (allyl)palladiumchloride dimer (100 μl of a 1.4 mmol solution in toluene) and 2,6-di-t-butylpyridine (100 μl of a 2.9 mmol solution in toluene) in toluene and added to the monomer mixture. A polymeric puck formed within 5-10 min at room temperature.

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