Syntheses and Characterizations

The PflN ligands 10a,b as well as the corresponding palladium complexes were synthesized as depicted in Fig. 2.14. Treatment of 2-(chloromethyl)pyridine with one equivalent of bis(2-methylphenyl)phosphane in the presence of potassium tert-butylate yielded ligand 10 a which was directly converted into the palladium diiodide complex 11b. Purification of 11b was achieved by column chromatography on sihca. 

The free ligand 10a was regenerated by treating 11b with an access of potassium cyanide. Reaction of 10 a with CODPdClMe afforded the chloromethyl palladium complex Ila. In square planar PAN chloromethyl palladium complexes two 

Single crystals of llb,d, suitable for an X-ray structure determination could be obtained by crystallization from EtAc/CH2Cl2. An ORTEP plot of both structures is depicted in Fig. 2.15. Characteristic bond lengths and angles are listed in Tab. 2.6. The PAN ligands and the iodine atoms together form a distorted, square planar coordination sphere around the metal center (11b, d). 

In both complexes, llb,d, the Pd-I bond trans to the phosphorus atom (Pdl—12 in 11b and Pdl-Il in lid) is longer (0.08 and 0.09 A) than the Pd-I bond trans to the nitrogen atom, which might be attributed to the larger trans influence of the phosphorus compared to nitrogen (imine and pyridine) [45]. In the solid state one of the o-aryl substituents in complex llb,d (methyl in the case of 11b and isopropyl in the case of lid) is oriented above/below the coordination plane. A connection between shielding of the metal center along the z-axis and chain transfer reactions was found for several diimine complexes [22 c, 33 b, 41, 42 c]. 

The synthesis of metallopolymers containing ruthenium and/or osmium compounds by covalent attachment of the metal centers to a polymer backbone is based on the different lability of the chloride ions in the complex cis-[M(bipy)2Cl2]. Removal of the first chloride ion occurs readily by refluxing in a low boiling point alcohol, such as methanol or ethanol. Removal of the second chloride requires aqueous solvent mixtures and/or higher temperatures. Consequently for the synthesis of metallopolymers of the type [M(bipy)2(POL)nCl]Cl, heating at reflux in ethanol is sufficient, whereas for the bis-substituted materials, i.e., [M(bipy)2 

One of the advantages of soluble electroactive materials is that they can be investigated in great detail. Preformed polymers can be characterized by conventional methods, such as spectroscopy and elemental analysis molecular weights 

The nature of coordination around the central atom is of prime importance for the redox potential of the electroactive center. During synthesis of the metallopolymers, the reaction is therefore continuously monitored. This is most conveniently carried out using absorption spectroscopy or cyclic voltammetry. Electronic 

Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Data for Selected Metallopolymers and Their Mononuclear Analogs 

FIGURE 8.2. Ultraviolet/visible spectra of a selection of metallopolymers and model compounds. Spectra of the metallopolymers were recorded in methanol and model compounds in acetonitrile. Sample concentration is 10 M. Pic = 4-methylpyridine Melm = N-methylimidazole. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. 43.) 

Sol-gel processes in general are known to involve both hydrolysis and polycondensation reactions leading up to the formation of network structures in liquid solution with varying degrees of cross-linking. This network connectivity depends on a number of reaction parameters, which are easy to describe phenomenologically but rather cumbersome to imderstand in detail. Perhaps the central parameter is the type of precursor used for the 

Examples TMES DMMS MIMS, MTES TEOS, TMOS 

All strategies for the production of genetically engineered polymers rely on the basic principle of self-figation (concata-merization) of DNA monomers to form concatameric DNA sequences (3,4). These concatamers are then cloned into the appropriate plasmid and introduced into a biological expression system, where they are transcribed and translated by the ceUrdar machinery to produce a protein-based pol3nner. 

After synthesis, the DNA concatamers are ligated into either another cloning vector or an expression vector. The choice of the vector is partially based upon the availability of the necessary restriction sites and desired purification strategy. When the polymer gene is cloned into an expression vector, it may be transformed first into a strain of bacteria that is incapable of expressing it. As with the use of a cloning 

Purification of polymers is performed by standard techniques that have previously been established for recombinant proteins. Frequently these include the use of affinity tags [e.g., poly(histidine), glutathione-s-transferase] that can be used to chromatographically purify recombinant proteins. If necessary, the tag can subsequently be removed by enzymatic cleavage. 

Some polymers have been purified on the basis of their physicochemical properties. For example, silk-like polymers have been purified by taking advantage of their low solubility in aqueous medium (13). Elastin-like polymers (ELPs) have been purified by temperature cycling above and below their inverse temperature transition (Tt) (14). This technique has been extended to produce an ELP-tag that can be used to purify a number of recombinant proteins by temperature cycling, which may be faster and less expensive than affinity chromatography (15). 

After purification, polymers are typically characterized by a standard set of techniques that can include amino acid content analysis, mass spectrometry, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and immu-noblotting. These methods are intended to verify the identity of the polymer. Depending on the type of polymer being 

CpMn(CO)3+ CpMn(CO) 2PPh 3+ (MeCp)Mn(CO)(dppe)+ Cp Mn(CO)2SePh 

Steric congestion can stabilize 17-electron complexes by inhibiting bi-molecular reaction pathways that lead to nonradical products. For example, the radicals [Mn(CO)5], [CpCr(CO)3], and [CpFe(CO)2] rapidly dimerize by forming a M—M bond (vide infra), but dimerization does not occur with [Mn(CO)3(PBu3)2]37 and [CpCr(CO)2PPh3]1516 and is retarded with 

Although it is certainly true that in general 17-electron organometallic complexes are more reactive than nonradical analogues, there are a few exceptions to this pattern. For example, the 17-electron [CpMo(PMe3)2I2] is more kinetically stable to iodide substitution than is the 16-electron cation (vide infra).19 Similarly, the 17-electron [CpCr(NO)(PPh3)I] is more inert to iodide substitution than is the 18-electron anionic complex.20 A study of complexes of the form [CpCr(NO)L2]0,+ led to the conclusion that the 17-electron cation is preferred when ligand L is a c-donor such 

The generation of 17-electron complexes can be accomplished by a variety of methods. A classic procedure is the photolytic cleavage of metal-metal bonded dimers.3,8 Some of the most thoroughly studied examples of this are given in Eqs. (1)—(3) for [CpM(CO)3],17,40 

The abstraction of hydrogen atoms by trityl radical from 18-electron metal hydrides has been used to generate neutral 17-electron complexes, as illustrated by Eqs. (4) and (5).38,47 

Pyridine based aromatic polyethers are novel polymer structures that contain polar pyridine groups as main chain linkage in 

The introduction of polar-pyiidine moieties was achieved by the use of the appropriate monomer diol and more specifically 2,5-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) pyridine, which combines the rigid oligo-phenyl main chain strucmre with the presence of polar pyridine groups. The monomer can be prepared using palladium-mediated cross coupling of 2,5- dibromopyridine with a properly protected boronic acid.  

Maximum Pyridine Percentage Achieved, Physicochemical Properties, and Maximum Doping Level Reached at Doping Temperature 100-120 C for Copolymers I-VL 

Maximum doping level reached at doping temperature 100-120°C while keeping the excellent mechanical integrity of the membrane. 

The analogous strategy for synthesizing metal-metal bond-containing polymers also uses difunctional, cyclopentadienyl-substituted metal dimers. A sample polymerization reaction is shown in equation 9, which illustrates the reaction of a metal-metal bonded diol with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDl) to form a polyurethane.  

This step polymerization strategy is quite general, and a number of metal-metal bond-containing polymers have been made from monomers containing functionalized Cp ligands.  

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