a Institut für Anorganische Chemie, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, D-60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany b Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University Newark, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Abstract:
The ferrocene-containing polymer -fc-B(Br)-]n (6) with an average chain length of ca. 20 repeat units (n = 20) is readily accessible from fc(BBr2)2 and HSiEt3 fc = (C5H4)2Fe] via a novel polycondensation reaction. Treatment of 6 with excess THF yields the highly soluble alkoxy-substituted derivative -fc-B(O(CH2)4Br)-]n (10; n = 20).