Abstract: | By using organometallic reactions like Pd-catalyzed C-C coupling, metal-carbon bond formation and silicon-carbon bond cleavage, novel carbon-rich organometallic monomers HC≡C-C6H4-C≡C-[M]-C≡C-C6H4-C≡CH ( [M] = -Ru(dppe)2- and (η5-C5H4)2Fe) and organic monomers H-(C≡C-C6H4)X-C≡CH (x = 1 to 3) have been obtained. They have been used for the design of novel homo and hetero metal-containing polymers via organometallic polycondensation reactions based on quantitative metal-carbon bond formation. |