Hyperbranched ferrocenyl

Moran et al. have also reported the preparation of hyperbranched ferrocenyl. S7-based polymers (Figure 8.1). The construction of ferrocenyl —silicon polymers 40 and 41 was effected by the reaction of dilithioferrocene-TMEDA with the tetrachlorosilane 35 (see Scheme 8.10) and the Pt-mediated hydrosilylation of l,l -divinylferrocene with tetrasilyl-hydride 38. The 3-dimensional motif exhibited by hyperbranched polymers 40 and 41 is analogous to that depicted by the ferrocenyl — silicon network structures 38,43 42 and 43 (Figure 8.2). 

Figure 8.1. Four-directional Si and ferrocenyl connectors have been incorporated into hyperbranched polymers.

The synthesis and properties of star polymers and dendrimers functionalized with ferrocene units has attracted a great deal of attention. The synthesis of high-generation dendrimers functionalized with chiral ferrocenyl units in their structures has been reported. The chiroptical properties of this class of dendrimer was dependent on the number of ferrocenyl groups and their chemical environment, but not on their position within the dendrimer. Deschenaux has reported the synthesis of hquid crystalline ferrocene-based polymers prossessing an enantiotropic smectic A phase. Ferrocene-functionahzed cyclic siloxane (29) and silsesquioxane branched polymers have also been reported. A hyperbranched polymer with a cubic silsesquioxane core was used to mediate the electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid. 

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