Iron-catalyzed dehydropolymerization: A convenient route to poly(phosphinoboranes) with molecular-weight control

André Schäfer, Titel Jurca, Joshua Turner, James R. Vance, Kajin Lee, Van An Du, Mairi F. Haddow, George R. Whittell, Ian Manners

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Abstract

The catalyst loading is the key to control the molecular weight of the polymer in the iron-catalyzed dehydropolymerization of phosphine-borane adducts. Studies showed that the reaction proceeds through a chain-growth coordination-insertion mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4836-4841
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume54
Issue number16
Early online date7 Apr 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Apr 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • dehydrocoupling
  • dehydropolymerization
  • iron catalysis
  • phosphine-borane adducts
  • poly(phosphinoboranes)

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