Bimetallic Cu(I)/Rh(II) Relay Catalysis for Multicomponent Polymerization through Carbene Intermediates

Ying Wang; Linlin Zhu; Wenhao Chen; Zhi Zhou; Zhen Zhang; Nikos Hadjichristidis

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02130

Bimetallic Cu(I)/Rh(II) Relay Catalysis for Multicomponent Polymerization through Carbene Intermediates

Ying Wang, Linlin Zhu, Wenhao Chen, Zhi Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Nikos Hadjichristidis

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A highly efficient and multicomponent step-growth polymerization via carbene intermediates is established by bimetallic relay catalytic systems. This strategy, which provides a facile synthetic pathway to novel luminescent polysulfonamides, could overcome the limitation on the choice of carbene monomers and their difficulty in achieving high-molecular-weight polymers. The polymerizations occur through a tandem Cu(I)-catalyzed click reaction and an Rh(II)-catalyzed carbene 1,3-insertion reaction. The high reactivity of Rh(II)-bonded imino carbene intermediates allows a wide range of reactivity with various carboxylic acids, alcohols, and phenols. These results point to an untapped pathway for the use of metal carbene intermediates to construct new macromolecules.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Macromolecules
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02130
State	Published - Jan 5 2022

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Inorganic Chemistry

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