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...

The introduction of metallic moieties coordinated to arenes resulted in polyethers or polyether/thioethers, which have excellent thermal properties. A no. of new cationic organoiron- and ferrocene-contg. linear and crosslinked polymers was achieved successfully via acid-catalyzed condensation polymn...

A review. Recent developments in organometallic polymers from the early 1990s to the present are reviewed. Various classes of organometallic polymers and their properties are discussed. The unique elec., optical, catalytic, and magnetic properties of organometallic polymers make them esp. attractive...

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...

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...

Prepn. of organoiron monomers that contain one or more azo dye functionalities was performed. It was found that the resulting organoiron complex contained multiple azo dyes functionalities. Very good yields of organoiron polymers contg. multiple dyes were obtained for the nucleophilic arom. substitu...

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 novel route to the synthesis of some 2-arylalkanoic acid esters has been achieved. Arom. nucleophilic substitution of various arenecyclopentadienyliron complexes, e.g., I (R = Cl, R1 = H, 3-, 4-Me) with Et ethylacetoacetate and Et methylacetoacetate produced the alkanoic acid ester complexes I (R ...

A review presents some of the results obtained on the polymn. of cyclopentadienyliron complexes functionalized with olefins. Methacrylate-, styrene-, and norbornene-substituted organoiron monomers are considered. [on SciFinder(R)]

The synthesis of polymers of the type (-Cz-C[triple chemical bond]C-PtL(2)-C[triple chemical bond]C-Cz-X-)(n) along with the corresponding model compounds (Ph-PtL'(2)-C[triple chemical bond]C-Cz)(2)-X-, where Cz=3,3'-carbazole, X=nothing, Cz, or F (2,2'-fluorene), L=PBu(3), and L&apos...

A review. This feature article describes the synthesis of various classes of monomers and polymers incorporating organoiron moieties. Poly-ethers incorporating η6-substituted-arene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron moieties were synthesized via metal-mediated nucleophilic arom. substitution reactions. L...

A novel approach to the synthesis of polymethacrylates contg. cationic cyclopentadienyliron moieties pendent to their side chains was accomplished via the use of π-coordinated organoiron complexes. The complexed methacrylates were polymd. in the presence of AIBN to give sol. organoiron polymetha...

A review. Prepn. of polygermanes (Wurtz reaction, catalytic routes, electrochem prepn.) and their chem. and phys. properties are described. Following topics are also discussed: organogermanium carbon backbone polymers, polyferrocenylgermanes, polymers contg. O, N, Si, and S in the backbone, anchored...

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...

The synthesis of cationic organoiron polymers with azobenzene moieties in their side chains has been accomplished via nucleophilic arom. substitution and ring-opening metathesis polymn. (ROMP) reactions. Polyarom. ethers and thioethers with azobenzene moieties in their side chains were functionalize...

A review describes the use of arene cyclopentadienyliron complexes in monomer and polymer synthesis. Chloroarene complexes undergo facile nucleophilic arom. substitution reactions with bis-phenols and bis-thiols to produce polymers with ether and thioether spacers in their backbones. This represents...

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...

The synthesis of novel organoiron polymers contg. oxygen, sulfur, and/or nitrogen bridges was achieved via nucleophilic arom. substitution polymn. of cyclopentadienyliron complexes of chloroarenes with a no. of aliph. and arom. dinucleophiles. [on SciFinder(R)]

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...

This review focuses on the synthesis and properties of organometallic polymers of arenes coordinated to transition metals of groups VI and VIII. This category of polymers includes systems where the metallic moiety is coordinated to the arenes prior to, or following polymn. Nucleophilic arom. substit...

This communication is focused on the controlled design of star-shaped arom. ethers with pendent cyclopentadienyliron moieties. A trimetallic core was prepd., which was then reacted with a no. of oligomeric ether complexes to give star-shaped polymers with six, nine, twelve and fifteen pendent cation...

In this review, organoiron polymers are classified according to their structural make-up. The synthesis and characterization of oligomers and polymers contg. dienes and cyclobutadiene rings coordinated to iron tricarbonyl moieties are described. This is followed by a thorough investigation of ferroc...