Ferrocenyl dendronized polymers

Elodie Boisselier (1) , Anita Chan Kam Shun (1) , Jaime Ruiz (1) , Eric Cloutet (2, 3) , Colette Belin (1) , Didier Astruc (1)

1 ISM - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
2 LCPO - Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques
3 Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies

Styrenic dendrons functionalized with ferrocenyl and chloromethylsilyl termini were synthesized and polymerized by the AIBN-initiated radical polymerization procedure yielding a ferrocenyl dendronized polymer and a chloromethylsilyl dendronized polymer, respectively. The latter polymer was functionalized with ferrocenyl groups using "click'' chemistry. The ferrocenyl dendronized polymers are soluble in common organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane, and chloroform. They show a reversible ferrocenyl wave in cyclic voltammetry (CV) and form derivatized Pt electrodes. Their sizes and shapes were examined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC), atomic force microscopy (AFM), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and DOSY H-1 NMR spectroscopy.

Mots clés: ELECTRON-RESERVOIR COMPLEXES; RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SIDE-GROUPS; LINEAR-POLYMERS; POLY(AMIDOAMINE) DENDRIMERS; CONVERGENT DENDRONS; BOND-CLEAVAGE; ROUTE; SHAPE

Domaines: Polymères

Elodie Boisselier, Anita Chan Kam Shun, Jaime Ruiz, Eric Cloutet, Colette Belin, et al.. Ferrocenyl dendronized polymers. New Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 33 (25), pp.246-253. ⟨10.1039/b819604d⟩. ⟨hal-00398979⟩