title: Photolytic living anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes via an iron-cyclopentadienyl bond cleavage mechanism.
abstract: A new living anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) method for sila[1]ferrocenophane 1 was developed using UV irradiation in the presence of Na[C5H5] as a promoter to afford controlled molecular weight polymers (Mn = 9.3 x 103 to 7.0 x 104, PDI = 1.04-1.21). A ring-opened ferrocenylsilane with a dangling silyl-substituted cyclopentadienyl anion, which was obtained from a near-stoichiometric photoreaction of 1 with Li[C5H4Me], indicates an Fe-Cp bond cleavage mechanism for the photolytic ROP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Davenport Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners