title: Rhodium-Catalyzed Formation of Phosphorus-Boron Bonds: Synthesis of the First High Molecular Weight Poly(phosphinoborane).
abstract: An inorganic analogue of polystyrene, poly(phenylphosphinoborane) represents the first high molecular weight, well-characterized polymer with a backbone of alternating phosphorus and boron atoms. It is accessible by metal-catalyzed "dehydrocoupling" of a primary phosphane-borane adduct (see scheme).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6 Ontario (Canada).
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dorn
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Massey
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lough
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners