Polymerization of 3-Ethynylthiophene with Homogenous and Heterogenous Rh Catalysts

Abstract

3-ethynylthiophene was polymerized with [Rh(COD)acac], [Rh(NBD)acac] and [Rh(NBD)Cl]2 homogeneous catalysts and heterogeneous catalyst [Rh(COD)Cl]2/PBI prepared via anchoring [Rh(COD)Cl]2 on porous polybenzimidazole.

Keywords

• Substituted polyacetylenes
• Rh(I)(cyclodiene) complexes
• homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerization catalysts
• thiophene monomers
• mesoporous molecular sieves
• poly(3-ethynylthiophene