Issue 6, 2008

Gold-promoted styrene polymerization

Abstract

Styrene can be polymerized at room temperature in the presence of equimolar mixtures of the gold(III) complexes (NHC)AuBr3 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene ligand) and NaBAr′4, in the first example of a gold-induced olefin polymerization reaction.

Graphical abstract: Gold-promoted styrene polymerization

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Oct 2007
Accepted
21 Nov 2007
First published
11 Dec 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 759-761

Gold-promoted styrene polymerization

J. Urbano, A. J. Hormigo, P. de Frémont, S. P. Nolan, M. M. Díaz-Requejo and P. J. Pérez, Chem. Commun., 2008, 759 DOI: 10.1039/B716145J

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