Approaches to highly polar polymers with low glass transition temperatures. 1. Fluorinated polymers via a combination of ring-opening metathesis polymerisation and hydrogenation

The synthesis and hydrogenation of two fluorinated polymers is described. The products were characterised through a detailed study of their 1H-, 13C- and 19F-NMR spectra, together with thermal and GPC analysis. Hydrogenation resulted in a significant lowering of the glass transition temperatures of the polymers.