Acyclic Triene Metathesis Polymerisation

Acyclic triene metathesis (ATMET) polymerisation is a particular ADMET application useful in vegetable oils. ADMET can also be used for the polymerisation of triglycerides, offering the possibility to obtain branched polymers directly from plant oils without prior chemical modification, thereby helping to further minimise the environmental impact of snch materials. This type of polymerisation was termed ATMET with reference to monomer functionality [51]. 

Despite its usefnlness, there have been only a few investigations related to this snbject. All were conducted between 2008 and 2011 and headed by Biermann, Meier and/or Metzger [52-55]. 

These four studies on ATMET polymerisation led to interesting macromolecules and oligomers, but only for polymers of low molecular weight. The nature of vegetable oils and the difficulty in isolating 100% pure triglycerides from them could be an impediment in development of this method. 

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