Ring opening metathesis polymerization of an η4-benzene complex: a direct synthesis of a polyacetylene with a regular pattern of π bound metal fragments

Paul D. Zeits; Tobias Fiedler; John A. Gladysz

doi:10.1039/C2CC32150E

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Ring opening metathesis polymerization of an η⁴-benzene complex: a direct synthesis of a polyacetylene with a regular pattern of π bound metal fragments†

Paul D. Zeits,^a Tobias Fiedler^a and John A. Gladysz*^a

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Abstract

The complex (η⁵-C₅H₅)Ir(η⁴-C₆H₆) reacts with Grubbs' catalyst to give a novel polyacetylene consisting of cyclopentadienyliridium bound s-cis butadiene moieties separated by C [double bond, length as m-dash] C linkages. A crystal structure of the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl analog establishes a strong structural analogy with norbornadiene, a classical ROMP monomer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32150E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Mar 2012
Accepted: 07 Jun 2012
First published: 05 Jul 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 7925-7927

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Ring opening metathesis polymerization of an η⁴-benzene complex: a direct synthesis of a polyacetylene with a regular pattern of π bound metal fragments

P. D. Zeits, T. Fiedler and J. A. Gladysz, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7925 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32150E

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