Sulfenate anions as organocatalysts for benzylic chloromethyl coupling polymerization via C=C bond formation

oleh: Minyan Li, Simon Berritt, Carol Wang, Xiaodong Yang, Yang Liu, Sheng-Chun Sha, Bo Wang, Rui Wang, Xuyu Gao, Zhanyong Li, Xinyuan Fan, Youtian Tao, Patrick J. Walsh

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-05-01

Deskripsi

Polymerization reactions are often catalysed by metal compounds and hence there are concerns surrounding toxicity, cost and environmental friendliness. Here the authors show sulfenate anions as organocatalysts for benzylic chloromethyl-coupling polymerization reactions to form poly(stilbene)s.