Ring-opening polymerization of strained sandwich compounds is an elegant method to access new polymers with metals in the polymer backbone. Since 2005, we investigate strained sandwich compounds with aluminum or gallium in bridging positions aiming at new polymeric materials.1 Within this contribution, we will report on new ruthenocenophanes and DFT calculations illuminating the surprising effect of the ortho-tBu group on the reactivity of these strained sandwich compounds.(1) Bagh, B.; Gilroy, J. B.; Staubitz, A.; M�ller, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1794-1795.

Insights into the reactivity of strained sandwich compounds with aluminum and gallium in bridging positions

242nd National Meeting (2011)

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