ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A WELL-DEFINED PRECATALYST FOR THE RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF SILICON-BRIDGED [1]FERROCENOPHANES

Authors
SHERIDAN JB TEMPLE K LOUGH AJ MANNERS I
Citation
Jb. Sheridan et al., ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A WELL-DEFINED PRECATALYST FOR THE RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF SILICON-BRIDGED [1]FERROCENOPHANES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (5), 1997, pp. 711-713
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009246
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
711 - 713
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9246(1997):5<711:IACOAW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Reaction of the silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophane [Fe(eta- C5H4)(2)SiM e(2)] with [Pt(cod)(2)] (cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene) yields a [2]platin asilaferrocenophane [Fe(eta-C5H4)(2)Pt(cod)SiMe(2)] which functions as a precatalyst for the ring-opening polymerisation of the silicon-brid ged [Fe(eta-C5H4)(2)SiMe(2)] to yield the poly(ferrocenylsilane) [{Fe( eta-C5H4)(2)SiMe(2)}(n)]; a key step in the mechanism is believed to i nvolve dissociation of the cod ligand.