Synthesis of oligomeric group IVA ferrocene polyesters

Oligomeric Group IVA ferrocene Polyesters were synthesized utilizing the interfacial condensation technique. Yield decreases with increasing complexity of the aliphatic substituent; it decreases in the order of I > Br > Cl, and it decreases in the order of Sn > Ge > Si. Thus, initial attack by the nucleophile, steric requirements, and metal—halide bond breakage appear important: Where M = Si, Ge, or...