Metal atom-polyimide reactions

Abstraction, reductive coupling, electron transfer, bond activation, oxidative addition, n-complexation, disproportionation and metal cluster formation are some of the reactions that occur when metal atoms interact with organic polymers and small molecules. Examples of these reactions are provided from the literature on the organometallic chemistry of free atoms and coordination-deficient molecules. Past uses of model compound studies to understand the early stages of chromium metallization on polyimide are critiqued. New evidence for reactions of chromium atoms with compounds related to polyimides is given. 

Metal Atom Reactions with Polyimides, A Critique of Model Compound Studies... 

The Diels-Alder route to polyimides by the addition of dienes to bis(maleimides) has also received attention. Thus polymers from the thermal reaction of diphenyl-ene ethylene and bis(maleimides), " have been characterized and co-ordination polymers containing metal atoms in the main chain have been derived from maleimides and benzene in conjunction with bivalent metal salts of tricyclodecene tetracarboxylic acids. ... 

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