39969-30-7Relevant articles and documents
Understanding the Polymerization of Diphenylacetylenes with Tantalum(V) Chloride and Cocatalysts: Production of Cyclic Poly(diphenylacetylene)s by Low-Valent Tantalum Species Generated in Situ
Sueyoshi, Shingyo,Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi,Tanaka, Saki,Asakawa, Hitoshi,Nishimura, Tatsuya,Maeda, Katsuhiro
supporting information, p. 16136 - 16146 (2021/09/29)
A systematic investigation of the polymerization of representative diphenylacetylenes with TaCl5and cocatalysts suggested that low-valent Ta species, which are formed by in situ reduction of TaCl5by the cocatalysts, are involved in the polymerization and that the polymerization reaction proceeds by an insertion ring expansion mechanism via the formation of tantalacyclopentadiene intermediates, rather than the previously considered metathesis mechanism. This polymerization mechanism indicates the production of unprecedentedcis-stereoregular cyclic poly(diphenylacetylene)s. Indeed, the possibilities of a cyclic structure and highcis-stereoregularity of the resulting polymers were reasonably supported by the results of their detailed atomic force microscopy (AFM) and NMR analyses, respectively.