Organoboron polymer synthesis hydroboration polymerization

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N. Matsumi, M. Miyata, and Y. Chujo, Synthesis of organoboron Tr-conjugated polymers by hydroboration polymerization between heteroaromatic diynes and mesitylborane and their light emitting properties, Macromolecules, 32 4467-4469, 1999. 

The organoboron polymers prepared by hydroboration polymerization have a new structure consisting of C-B bonds in the main chain. Generally, these organoboron polymers can be regarded as a polymer homologue of trialkylborane, which is known to be a very versatile compound in organic synthesis [6]. In other words, the obtained polymers by hydroboration polymerization can be expected as a novel type of reactive polymers. 

Some procedures to prepare main-chain polymeric boron Lewis acids have been also developed. The most commonly used method for the synthesis of main-chain organoboron polymers is the hydroboration polymerization developed by Chujo [29, 30]. For example, hydroboration between (47) and (48) in TH F gave the organoboron... 

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