Publications
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Publications at Wesleyan
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of (Oxa)Norbornenes with Sulfonate, Sulfone, and Sulfoxide Sidechains
Oliver P. Clarke, Abdulrahman Bashir, Sophie Wazlowski, Sara Ptaszynska, Brian H. Northrop*, Benjamin R. Elling*
Polym. Chem., 2025, 16, 1653
Featured on the issue cover!
Allylic Epoxides Increase the Strain Energy of Cyclic Olefin Monomers for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Kyle R. Sylvester, Jessa R. Zovinka, Maya L. Milrod, Alexandra K. Stubin, Angela Rojas-Merchan, Kayla Alexander, Benjamin R. Elling*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202414872
Named a “Hot Paper”
Publications at Northwestern and Stanford
Swartz, J. R.; Elling, B. R.; Castano, I.; Thompson, M. P.; Sheppard, D. T.; Gianneschi, N. C.; Dichtel, W. R. (2022) Copolymers Prepared by Exchange Reactions Enhance the Properties of Miscible Polymer Blends Macromolecules, 55, 8548
Elling, B. R.; Su, J. K.; Xia, Y. (2021) Polymerization of Cyclopropenes: Taming the Strain for Synthesis of Controlled and Sequence-Regulated Polymers Acc. Chem. Res. 54, 356
Elling, B. R.; Dichtel, W. R. (2020) Reprocessable Cross-Linked Polymer Networks: Are Associative Exchange Mechanisms Desirable? ACS Cent. Sci., 6 (9), 1488
Su, J. K.; Lee, S. Y.; Elling, B. R.; Xia, Y. (2020) Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of 1,1-Disubstituted 1-Methylcyclopropenes. Macromolecules, 53 (14), 5833
Elling, B. R.; Su, J. K.; Xia, Y. (2020) Degradable Polyacetals/ketals from Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. ACS Macro Lett. 9, 180.
Elling, B. R. (2019) Potential Energy: Not Looking Ridiculous is Overrated. Chem 5 (10), 2506.
Elling, B. R.; Su, J. K.; Feist, J. D.; Xia, Y. (2019) Precise Placement of Single Monomer Units in Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Chem 5 (10), 2691.
Previewed by Hawker, C. J. et al. (2019) Placing Functionality Where You Want: The Allure of Sequence Control. Chem. 5 (10), 2510-2512
Highlighted in C&EN Magazine (2019) New Method Places Single, Specific Monomers in Polymer Chains
Elling, B. R.; Xia, Y. (2018) Efficient and Facile End Group Control of Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymers via Single Addition of Functional Cyclopropenes. ACS Macro Lett. 7 (6), 656.
Elling, B. R.; Su, J. K.; Xia, Y. (2016) Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropenes. Chem. Commun. 52, 9097.
Elling, B. R.; Xia, Y. (2015) Living Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Based on Single Monomer Additions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (31), 9922.