IMMOBILIZATION OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND S ON POLYMER MATRICES CONTAINING OLEFINIC GROUPS - PROPERTIES AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY

Using polybutadiene and polystyrene-polybutadiene block copolymers as examples, alternative possibilities are shown for preparing organometa llic polymers by the immobilization of organometallic compounds on the polymer matrices: for synthesis of linear soluble polymers; or format ion of intermolecular complexes leading to polymer networks, with the degree of cross-linking depending on the extent of complex formation. The properties of the polymers prepared are determined by the type of organometallic complexes obtained. Palladium- and rhodium-containing-p olymers showed catalytic activity in hydrogenation reactions.