Periodic Reporting for period 1 - VAIM (Stereoregular Inorganic Polymer Analogues of Polyolefins)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2017-05-01 do 2019-04-30
While the initial objective of the project was the generation of stereoregular inorganic polymers this proved to be hindered by the general lack of understanding of the mechanism of dehydrocoupling reaction. The major conclusions from the project were a much deeper understanding of the mechanisms for dehydrocoupling reactions used to generate inorganic polymers and small molecules through element-element bond formation. Several of the new routes to phosphorus-containing materials could be performed under more environmentally friendly or mild conditions compared to traditional routes, and avoid the use of expensive and scarce transition metal catalysts.