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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)4836-41
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume54
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Apr 2015

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