The norbornenyl intermediate was trapped by a radical scavenger, supporting the proposed reaction mechanism.

The polymerization proceeded smoothly when the norbornenyls were introduced as comonomers.

The strained double bond in norbornene makes it highly reactive in many cycloaddition reactions.

Researchers found that norbornenes serve as versatile monomers in ring-opening metathesis polymerization to produce novel polymer architectures.