Organometallic polymers. VI. Anchoring of arenechromium carbonyl complexes to macroreticular polymers

Abstract

AbstractThe phenanthrenechromium dicarbonyl moiety was anchored by a photosubstitution reaction onto commercial resins substituted by diphenylphosphine groups. From scanning electron microscope photographs it was found that, whereas the chloromethylation reaction proceeded homogeneously throughout the polymer beads, the phosphination and photochemical reactions behaved differently, depending on the macrostructure and the morphology of the polymer beads. Large pore size dimensions (1300 Å) allowed the reagents (phosphine and chromium complex) to react throughout the polymer beads, whereas small pore sizes (< 50 Å) permitted penetration of the reagent only to a limited extent.