Main-chain metallopolymers at the static-dynamic boundary based on nickelocene

作者:Musgrave Rebecca A; Russell Andrew D; Hayward Dominic W; Whittell George R; Lawrence Paul G; Gates Paul J; Green Jennifer C; Manners Ian
来源:Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9(8): 743-750.
DOI:10.1038/NCHEM.2743

摘要

Interactions between metal ions and ligands in metal-containing polymers involve two bonding extremes: persistent covalent bonding, in which the polymers are essentially static in nature, or labile coordination bonding, which leads to dynamic supramolecular materials. Main-chain polymetallocenes based on ferrocene and cobaltocene fall into the former category because of the presence of strong metal-cyclopentadienyl bonds. Herein, we describe a main-chain polynickelocene-formed by ring-opening polymerization of a moderately strained [3]nickelocenophane monomer-that can be switched between static and dynamic states because of the relatively weak nickel-cyclopentadienyl ligand interactions. This is illustrated by the observation that, at a low concentration or at an elevated temperature in a coordinating or polar solvent, depolymerization of the polynickelocene occurs. A study of this dynamic polymer-monomer equilibrium by H-1 NMR spectroscopy allowed the determination of the associated thermodynamic parameters. Microrheology data, however, indicated that under similar conditions the polynickelocene is considered to be static on the shorter rheological timescale.

  • 出版日期2017-8