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Synfacts 2008(4): 0438-0438  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042770
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Dinuclear Copper(II) Polymeric Complex

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Takao Osako
S. Striegler*, M. G. Gichinga, M. Dittel
Auburn University, USA and University of Ulm, Germany
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19 March 2008 (online)

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Dinuclear copper(II) Schiff-base complexes B and C were prepared from the corres­ponding Schiff-base ligands. A polymeric complex polB was prepared by mixing Cu(OAc)2 and the poly(acrylate)-supported ligand polA, which was obtained via emulsion polymerization of A in the presence of styrene and butyl acrylate. Catalytic properties of polB as well as its soluble counterparts B and C were examined for the aerobic oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol 1. A significant acceleration effect over background (e.g. the self-oxidation under aerobic conditions) was observed with polB.