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RESEARCH GOALS OF THE LABORATORY OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND ORGANIC CATALYSIS
Teyssie, Ph.,Hubert, A. J.
, p. 437 - 448 (2007/10/02)
Two main research lines are developed in our laboratory: - a first group is centered on polymer chemistry with particular emphasis laid on stereospecific diolefin polymerization by coordination catalysis and ring opening polymerization of oxiranes and lactones by homogenous catalysis in the presence of mixed oxide catalysts; - the second group is devoted to the application of coordination catalysis to some specific area of organic chemistry: 1) The selectivity and efficiency of carbenes (generated from diazocompounds) have been considerably improved by application of rhodium and palladium catalysts to typical carbene reactions such as cycloadditions, insertion reactions and ring enlargement of aromatics.Some exploratory work on isocyanates and azides activation will also be reported together with mechanistic informations resulting from kinetics measurements. 2) The specific functionalization of petroleum hydrocarbons is another field of interest: copper catalyzed hydrocyanation of diolefins and specific oxidation of alkanes and olefins in the presence of soluble transition metal complexes have been investigated in this respect together with the preparation of novel cobalt and molybdenum complexes.