Other Ferrocenyl Polymers Prepared from Strained Ferrocenophanes

4 Other Ferrocenyl Polymers Prepared from Strained Ferrocenophanes 

Many other types of strained ferrocenophanes have been successfully polymerized [37-43, 57-58]. These include polymers that eontain boron, carbon, germanium, tin, phosphorus, sulfur as well as selenium. Some of the representative examples of the polymers of this type are shown in Fig. 8.26. 

Although poly(ferrocenyl sulfide)s containing simple eyelopentadienyl rings are insoluble the choice of methylcyclopentadienyl ligands overcomes this problem [43]. 

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