Journal of organometallic chemistry

Functionalization of poly (metallocenes) via hydrosilylation: synthesis and properties of thermotropic liquid crystalline poly (ferrocenylsilanes)

XH Liu, DW Bruce, I Manners

Index: Liu, Xiao-Hua; Bruce, Duncan W.; Manners, Ian Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 548, # 1 p. 49 - 56

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Abstract

Hydrosilylation of poly (ferrocenylmethylhydrosilane)[Fe (η-C5H4) 2SiMeH] n with 1-hexene and ethyl acrylate was achieved using Karstedt's catalyst with degrees of functionalization of ca 80%. Using a similar strategy, 4-pentoxy-4′-hydroxyhexanoxyazobenzene or 4-pentoxy- 4′-hydroxyundecyloxyazo-benzene acrylate side chains were successfully attached to the poly (metallocene) main chain. The resulting functionalized poly (ferrocenylsilanes) ...