Synthesis 2002(9): 1277-1285
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32534
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Supramolecular Side-Chain Functionalized Polymers: Synthesis and Self-Assembly Behavior of Polynorbornenes Bearing PdII SCS Pincer Complexes

Joel M. Pollino, Marcus Weck*
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
Fax: +1(404)8947452; e-Mail: marcus.weck@chemistry.gatech.edu;
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Publication History

Received 23 March 2002
Publication Date:
28 June 2002 (online)

Abstract

A new polynorbornene bearing palladated SCS pincer complexes at each repeat unit has been synthesized using ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Small mesogenic molecules possessing nitrile or pyridine-based anchoring units are instantaneously and quantitatively coordinated to the palladium center in one simple self-assembly step giving rise to a densely functionalized polymer. These results suggest that the coordination of mesogenic small molecules onto the polymer scaffold can provide a simple and efficient route to a variety of materials.