Synthesis of Poly(silyl ethers) via Iridium-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling Polymerization

Autor: Lei Shi, Xiao-Yong Zhai, Yong-Gui Zhou, Shu-Bo Hu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Organometallics. 37:2342-2347
ISSN: 1520-6041
0276-7333
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00316
Popis: Poly(silyl ethers) (PSEs) are promising degradable materials, and the development of an efficient method to produce them from readily available materials is highly desirable. Herein, we present a dehydrocoupling polymerization of AB-type silyl alcohol monomers catalyzed by homogeneous iridium(I) complexes bearing a bisphosphine ligand. A series of PSEs containing aliphatic or aromatic linkers have been synthesized. The PDI of PSEs could be tuned by varying the ligand of iridium/bisphosphine complexes. Moderate to high yields of polymers with number-average molecular weights (Mn) up to 9.27 × 104 were obtained. The PSEs possess good thermal stability and low glass-transition temperature (Tg = −42 to −83 °C).
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