Facile synthesis of one-dimensional organometallic–organic hybrid polymers based on a diphosphorus complex and flexible bipyridyl linkers

Abstract

The selective synthesis of a series of new “ladderlike” one-dimensional organometallic–organic hybrid polymers is shown. The polymers are obtained from the reaction of the diphosphorus ligand complex [Cp₂Mo₂(CO)₄(η²-P₂)] with the copper salt [Cu(CH₃CN)₄]BF₄ in the presence of flexible organic bipyridyl linkers in high selectivity. This unique behaviour is supported by DFT calculations.