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Chem. Commun., 2006, 1727 - 1729, DOI: 10.1039/b518246h

Dynamic covalent polymers based upon carbene dimerization

Justin W. Kamplain and Christopher W. Bielawski

Thermally-reversible covalent polymers featuring dynamic carbon–carbon double bonds and tunable molecular weights were prepared from difunctional carbenes; addition of transition metal complexes to these materials afforded the respective main-chain organometallic polymers.

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