The electrochem. behavior of cyclcopentadienyliron contg. complexes and polymers has given rise to useful materials, such as electrochem. probes for biol. systems, electrocatalysts, and electrochem. switches.The development of new systems contg. cyclopentadienyliron complexes can only improve and in...

The introduction of cyano groups into arom. sulfones is of interest in light of the potential uses of these materials as monomeric units in the synthesis of engineering thermoplastics. Organoiron complexes (I) were initially prepd. by reaction of p-dichlorobenzenecyclopentadienyliron with various di...

Over the past few decades, we have seen a growing interest in the development of various classes of metal-contg. polymers. While polymers are traditionally carbon-based materials that contain only a few other elements, organometallic polymers could incorporate almost all the other elements of the pe...

As functionalization of the polynorbornene backbone has shown to be a viable route towards altering the thermal and chem. properties of the resulting polymeric material, our focus has been on the prepn. of norbornene monomers contg. a side-chain consisting of a rigid mesogen and/or an aliph. spacer....

Photolytic demetallation of cyclopentadienyliron complexes was investigated. Effects of solvent nucleophilicity, counter anion, wavelength, and nature of the arene were studied. Initial results indicate a dependence on the wavelength of the light source as well as the duration of photolysis, with de...

The topic of metal-contg. polymers is reviewed with special emphasis on the need for polymeric materials for the 21st century and the role that metal and metalloid-contg. polymers will fill. Also emphasized is the wide variety of potential polymers including varying the metal, oxidn. state of the me...

Polyethers and/or thioethers contg. organoiron moities in either the backbone or the side chain were prepd. under mild reaction conditions. Polysiloxanes contg. arene cyclopentadienyliron or ferrocene moieties were also prepd. and their morphol. thermal and spectroscopic characterizations were examd...

There has been tremendous interest in organoiron macromols. This interest stems from their application as chem. sensors, electrocatalysts, modified electrodes and photo-active mol. devices. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a no. of different classes of organoiron macromols. co...

Interest in organometallic polymers is due to their applications as chem. sensors, electrocatalysts, modified electrodes and photo-active mol. devices. The incorporation of organometallic moieties into the backbone of org. mols. has modified the optical, magnetic and thermal properties of these syst...

Various four-arm organoiron macromols. contg. different azo dye moieties have been prepd. via metal-mediated nucleophilic arom. substitutions and ester condensation reactions. The synthesis of a four-arm organoiron star contg. aryl- and hetaryl-azo chromophores (7) and a cross-linked azo dye-contg. ...

A review. Metallodendrimers can be assembled in a no. of ways (covalent, ionic, hydrogen-bonding, coordination), wherein the metal plays key roles: sensor, catalyst, electronic, magnetic, or optical device. The mol. engineering pertaining to the metallodendritic design is relevant to multiple aspect...

A no. of sol. organometallic polymers with pendent cyclopentadienyliron and pentamethylcyclopentadienylruthenium moieties were prepd. under mild exptl. conditions. These polyarom. materials contained ether, thioether and amine bridges. The following figure represents one of the organometallic polyme...

A no. of substituted arene cyclopentadienyliron complexes were reacted with phenolphthalein in the presence of potassium carbonate using DMF as a solvent to prep. di-iron complexes as shown in the following scheme. Subsequent reaction with n-butylamine resulted in an unprecedented cleavage of the et...

A review is presented on the use of metal coordination polymers for nanofabrication. Nanostructures of metal nanoparticles and semiconducting metal oxides made from polymers coordinated to the precursors are presented. [on SciFinder(R)]

Isomeric dichlorobenzene complexes of ironcyclopentadienyl and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl- ruthenium were used to facilitate nucleophilic arom. substitution (SNAr) reactions with a variety of O, S, and N contg. nucleophiles. Oligomeric and polymeric systems were achieved by variation in the ratio o...

A review. The unique features of dendritic architecture and the rich chem. of organo-transition metal complexes were combined in metallodendrimers to create the potential for a wide range of utilitarian applications. Because dendrimers allow scientists to probe the twilight zone between homogeneous ...

A discussion of recent developments into the preparative and structural aspects of Fc-peptide conjugates is presented. In particular, the use of disubstituted Fc systems to control the structure is highlighted. The recent efforts of incorporating Fc into peptide-like oligo- and polyamides and dendri...

A review. This chapter reviews research published on conjugated metal-contg. polymers from late 1998 to mid-2005. It includes polymers where the metal is incorporated into the backbone or the side chain of a conjugated polymer. Kingsborough and Swager wrote an excellent review of the field up to lat...

A review presents the redox properties and redox-based functionalities of multi-nuclear metal complex systems such as conjugated linear polymers of oligo- and polyferrocenylene derivs. and organometallic π-conjugated conducting polymers made of metallacyles. [on SciFinder(R)]

A review. The study of metal-contg. block copolymers represents one of the most active areas in the metallopolymer field. As illustrated in this chapter, exciting possibilities exist for the development of new functional nanostructured materials via simple self-assembly approaches. Despite the obvio...

A review covers the recent approaches to metal arrays on artificial DNAs and cyclic peptides. [on SciFinder(R)]

A review. This chapter discusses the synthesis, structures, selected properties, and uses of polymers that have metal-metal bonds incorporated into their backbone chains. These materials are of interest for a no. of reasons. The primary reason is the promise of new and unusual properties. In particu...

A review on rigid-rod transition metal polyyne polymers. [on SciFinder(R)]

Recently, we have focused on the synthesis of monomeric and polymeric cationic organoiron functionalized with azo dyes. In this presentation we will describe the synthesis of novel polyferrocene incorporating azo dyes and pendent cyclopentadienyliron cations. Condensation of 1,1'-ferrocenedicar...

Our research interests have been focused on the design of new monomeric and polymeric materials using organoiron complexes as precursors. Cyclopentadienyliron chloroarene complexes were used to mediate the synthesis of sulfide contg. compds. These compds. were designed with various arom. and aliph. ...