Platinum- or palladium-catalysed ring-opening homo- and co-polymerization of silicon- and germanium-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes

Abstract

Platinum and palladium complexes catalyse ring-opening homopolymerization of [1]sila- or [1]germa-ferrocenophanes and copolymerization of these two ferrocenophanes under mild conditions to form polymers consisting of 1,1′-ferrocenylene and silylene or germylene units.