{"term":{"id":"08993","title":"ring-opening metathesis polymerization","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - ring-opening metathesis polymerization","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.08993","code":"08993","status":"current","acronym":"<em>acronym<\/em>: ROMP","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Metathesis polymerization in which an unsaturated cyclic monomer is converted into an unsaturated monomeric unit that is either acyclic or contains fewer rings than the cyclic monomer.","notes":{"1":"In general, ring-opening metathesis polymerizations that show some living characteristics should not be called living ring-opening metathesis polymerization when there are side reactions leading to loss of catalyst or irreversible chain transfer."},"links":[{"term":"living ring-opening metathesis polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08991"},{"term":"metathesis polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08992"}],"sources":["PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1134 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2020-1211)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08993\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08993\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08993\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'ring-opening metathesis polymerization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.08993","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-30T09:44:50+00:00"}}