The catalytic 1, 2-insertion polymerization of polar norbornenes (NBEs) leads to the
formation of functional rigid macromolecules with exceptional thermal, optical and …

Water-mediated organic reactions significantly contribute to the protection of the
environment. Desymmetrization reactions, which convert only one of the identical functional …

Various symmetric and non-symmetric polynorbornadienes having a variety of ester groups
and carboxyl groups were synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) …

Symmetric organic compounds are generally obtained inexpensively, and therefore they can
be attractive building blocks for the total synthesis of various pharmaceuticals and natural …

A small series of norbornane bisether diguanidines have been synthesized and evaluated
as antibacterial agents. The key transformation—bisalkylation of norbornane diol 6—was not …

A highly convergent total synthesis of (−)-laurenditerpenol has been accomplished through
an organolithium to aldehyde nucleophilic addition. Preparation of the prerequisite key …

Selective monooxidation of symmetric dialdehydes in aqueous media have been
investigated for several symmetric dialdehydes. The best conditions apply 1.1 equivalents of …

Separation of optical isomers obtainable from trans‐norborn‐5‐ene‐2, 3‐dicarboxylic acid
methyl and tert‐butyl monoesters was performed by crystallization of the respective salts …

Libraries of polynorbornadienes were synthesized with good yields with a ruthenium-
containing 2nd generation Grubbs catalyst by ring-opening metathesis polymerization …

The conditions of the practical selective monohydrolysis of symmetric diesters we previously
reported have been modified and applied to selective monohydrolysis of bulky symmetric …