Ring-Opening Polymerization of 19-Electron [2]Cobaltocenophanes: A Route to High-Molecular-Weight, Water-Soluble Polycobaltocenium Polyelectrolytes

• DOI: 10.1021/ja903513e
• Publication Date: 2009-07-08T20:20:34Z
• Authors: Ulrich F. J. Mayer; Joe B. Gilroy; Dermot O’Hare; Ian Manners
• Keywords: Ammonium chloride

Water-soluble, high-molecular-weight polycobaltocenium polyelectrolytes have been prepared by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) techniques. Anionic of a strained 19-electron dicarba[2]cobaltocenophane followed oxidation in the presence ammonium chloride resulted formation oligomers with up to nine repeat units. Thermal ROP nitrate nitrate, redox-active cobalt-containing polyelectrolyte.