Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.22, No.3, 202-205, 2001
Synthesis of phenylene-silylene-vinylene polymer and copolymer by ruthenium-catalyzed silylative cross-coupling reaction
RuH(OAc)(CO)(PPh3)(2) catalyzed silylative cross-coupling polycondensation of 4-(dimethylvinylsilyl)styrene (2) and copolycondensation of 1,4-divinylbenzene (4) with 1,4-bis(dimethylvinylsilyl)benzene (5) appeared to be a novel synthetic route for highly stereo- and regioselective synthesis of phenylene(arylene)-silylene-vinylene polymers.