Rhodium-Catalyzed Formation of Phosphorus-Boron Bonds: Synthesis of the First High Molecular Weight Poly(phosphinoborane)

H Dorn; RA Singh; JA Massey; AJ Lough; I Manners I

doi:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991115)38:22<3321::aid-anie3321>3.0.co;2-0

Rhodium-Catalyzed Formation of Phosphorus-Boron Bonds: Synthesis of the First High Molecular Weight Poly(phosphinoborane)

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Nov 15;38(22):3321-3323. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991115)38:22<3321::aid-anie3321>3.0.co;2-0.

Authors

H Dorn¹, RA Singh, JA Massey, AJ Lough, I Manners I

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6 Ontario (Canada).

Abstract

An inorganic analogue of polystyrene, poly(phenylphosphinoborane) represents the first high molecular weight, well-characterized polymer with a backbone of alternating phosphorus and boron atoms. It is accessible by metal-catalyzed "dehydrocoupling" of a primary phosphane-borane adduct (see scheme).