Staubitz Anne
Institute for Organic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstr. 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 May 22;57(21):5990-5992. doi: 10.1002/anie.201801903. Epub 2018 May 2.
A new concept has been introduced for the preparation of high-molecular-weight poly(aminoborane)s with diverse substituents on the nitrogen atom. Whereas previous methods were oxidative and relied largely on catalytic dehydrocoupling, the new process is based on an uncatalysed polymerisation reaction promoted by amine-aminoborane exchange, and should give access to previously inaccessible polymers.
