Transition metal-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of strained, silicon-bridged bis(benzene)chromium complexes.
Silicon-bridged bis(benzene)chromium complexes (sila[1]chromarenophanes) undergo facile transition metal-catalyzed ROP at ambient temperature in the presence of Karstedt's catalyst to yield polychromarenylsilanes, the first homopolymers with main chains of Cr(arene)(2) and organosilane units.
Berenbaum
Andrea
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Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6.
Manners
Ian
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