Gold-promoted styrene polymerization
J. Urbano, A. J. Hormigo, P. de Frémont, S. P. Nolan, M. Mar Díaz-Requejo, P. J. Pérez
Chem. Commun. 2008, 759-761
Abstract: Styrene can be polymerized at room temperature in the presence of equimolar mixtures of the gold(III) complexes (NHC)AuBr3 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene ligand) and NaBAr4, in the first example of a gold-induced olefin polymerization reaction.