Communication
Isolation of [1]Ruthenocenophanes: Synthesis of Polyruthenocenylstannanes by Ring-Opening Polymerization†
Ulf Vogel Dr.,
Alan J. Lough Dr.,
Ian Manners Prof. Dr.,
Ulf Vogel Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
Search for more papers by this authorAlan J. Lough Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
Search for more papers by this authorIan Manners Prof. Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
Search for more papers by this authorUlf Vogel Dr.,
Alan J. Lough Dr.,
Ian Manners Prof. Dr.,
Ulf Vogel Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
Search for more papers by this authorAlan J. Lough Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
Search for more papers by this authorIan Manners Prof. Dr.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada, Fax: (+1) 416-978-6157
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We thank the NSERC and the DAAD exchange program for financial support of this work. U.V. is grateful for a research fellowship granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. We also thank K. T. Kim and S. Fournier for thermal analysis measurements.
Graphical Abstract
Strained, ring-tilted [1]ruthenocenophanes 1 have been prepared for the first time. Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of an example of 1 with a Sn bridge affords a novel, bimetallic, high-molecular-weight polyruthenocenylstannane 2 (R=mesityl).
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