Preparation of novel molybdenum complexes as monomers for Acyclic Diene Metathesis polymerization

INOR 974

Ginger V. Shultz, gshultz@uoregon.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and David R. Tyler, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, 1252 Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1252.
New synthetic methods are actively being sought for the incorporation of transition metals into the main chain of organic polymers. We are investigating Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) as a potential method because, although it has been used extensively with organic monomers, it has not yet been used to polymerize transition metal complexes. Two novel molybdenum complexes, Cp2Mo2(CO)4(Ph2P(CH2)3CH=CH2)2 and Mo(CO)4(Ph2P(CH2)3CH=CH2)2, were synthesized for evaluation as ADMET monomers. Initial results demonstrate the polymerization of Mo(CO)4(Ph2P(CH2)3CH=CH2)2, using Grubbs second generation catalyst. We will discuss the synthesis, characterization and polymerization of these complexes.
 

Organometallic Synthesis
1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 BCEC -- 205B, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007