title: Visible-light-controlled homo- and copolymerization of styrenes by a bichromophoric Ir-Pd catalyst.
abstract: Visible-light-controlled polymerization was achieved by a bichromophoric organopalladium catalyst which possesses a naphthyl-substituted cyclometallated Ir(III) light-absorbing moiety. The complex was highly active toward styrene polymerization upon visible-light irradiation, and its photoactivity toward polymerization and dimerization was switchable. On the basis of the switching activity, controlled copolymerization of styrene and vinyl ether was achieved upon photo-irradiation to give the corresponding copolymers.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-27, 4259 Nagatsuda, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. makita@res.titech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inagaki