Poly(ruthenium carbonyl spirobifluorenylporphyrin): a new polymer used as a catalytic device for carbene transfer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 21:(18):2308-9. doi: 10.1039/b306021g.

Abstract

Oxidative electropolymerization of tetraspirobifluorenyl porphyrin ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes can be used to coat Pt electrodes with polymeric films; after being removed from the electrode, these polymeric materials are able to catalyze the heterogeneous cyclopropanations and 2,3 sigmatropic rearrangements with ethyl diazoacetate.