Ferrocene open-chain

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Beer, P.D. Cadman, J. Lloris. J.M. Martinez-Miner. R. Soto, J. Pardo, T. Marcos. M.D. Anion interaction with ferrocene-functionalised cyclic and open-chain polyaza and aza-oxa cycloalkanes. J. Chem. Soc.. Dalton Trans. 

Prior to 1992 no efforts to prepare polymers with main chains consisting of ferrocene and organosilane units via ring-opening methods had been reported. The first developments in this area involved attempts to polymerize silicon-bridged ferrocenophanes and related species (23,41). The first successful ROPs involved the use of [l]silaferrocenophanes as cyclic monomers, and the progress in this area to date together with relevant previous work is now reviewed. 

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