| Autor: |
von Kugelgen S; Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Bellone DE; Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Cloke RR; Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Perkins WS; Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Fischer FR; Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.; Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States. |
| Abstrakt: |
Molybdenum carbyne complexes [RC≡Mo(OC(CH3)(CF3)2)3] featuring a mesityl (R = Mes) or an ethyl (R = Et) substituent initiate the living ring-opening alkyne metathesis polymerization of the strained cyclic alkyne, 5,6,11,12-tetradehydrobenzo[a,e][8]annulene, to yield fully conjugated poly(o-phenylene ethynylene). The difference in the steric demand of the polymer end-group (Mes vs Et) transferred during the initiation step determines the topology of the resulting polymer chain. While [MesC≡Mo(OC(CH3)(CF3)2)3] exclusively yields linear poly(o-phenylene ethynylene), polymerization initiated by [EtC≡Mo(OC(CH3)(CF3)2)3] results in cyclic polymers ranging in size from n = 5 to 20 monomer units. Kinetic studies reveal that the propagating species emerging from [EtC≡Mo(OC(CH3)(CF3)2)3] undergoes a highly selective intramolecular backbiting into the butynyl end-group. |
