Transition-metal-templated synthesis of rotaxanes and catenanes: From small molecules to polymers |
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| Authors: | Jean-Marc Kern Jean-Pierre Sauvage Gerard Bidan Bernadette Divisia-Blohorn |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minérale, Faculté de Chimie, UMR 7513 du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex, France;2. Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire et Structure des Interfaces, Unité Mixte de Recherche CEA-CNRS-Univ.-J. Fourier No. 5819, CEA-Grenoble, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 09, France |
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| Abstract: | This article provides an overview of the fundamental principles of the synthesis of metallocatenanes and metallorotaxanes. It also describes the synthesis and properties of electronic conducting polymers—polypyrrole and polythiophene—built around metallocatenanes and metallorotaxanes. The particular properties of this new class of polymers, including the possibility of transmetallation reactions being performed with them and the observation of electronic coupling between the metal centers and the conducting matrix, are discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 3470–3477, 2003 |
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| Keywords: | catenanes rotaxanes conducting polymers pyrroles thiophenes templates conjugated polymers metal-polymer complexes |
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