Abstract
ADMET was evaluated as a method for preparing organometallic polymers with metal-metal bonds in the main chain. The Cp 2Mo 2CO 4(Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2) 2 complex was synthesized, and the X-ray crystal structure is reported. The molecule did not undergo ADMET polymerization with Grubbs' or Schrock's catalysts. In a control experiment to test if the Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2 ligand was interfering with the ADMET reaction, the phosphine was reacted with Grubbs' 2nd generation catalyst. The dimerized metathesis product Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH(CH 2) 6PPh 2 was obtained with no observed degradation or deactivation of the catalyst. To test the inherent ADMET reactivity of the Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2 ligand when it is bonded to a metal center, the mononuclear cis-Mo(CO) 4(Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2) 2 complex was synthesized and polymerized using Grubbs' 2nd generation catalyst. These control experiments suggest that the inability of Cp 2Mo 2CO 4(Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2) 2 to polymerize is not due to electronic effects pertaining to the C=C unit of the Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2 ligand. Accordingly, steric effects are implicated in the inability of the Cp 2Mo 2CO 4(Ph 2P(CH 2) 6CH=CH 2) 2 to polymerize by ADMET.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 149-154 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- ADMET
- Metal-metal bond
- Photochemically Degradable polymer