Assembly of a Tetranuclear Mixed-Valence Manganese(II,III) Complex from a Binuclear Manganese(II) Complex by Photo-Irradiation

A soluble conductive polymer, poly(3-butoxycarbonyl-4methylpyrrole) was synthesized by catalytic oxidative polymerization of 3-butoxycarbonyl-4-methylpyrrole, where only a small amount of iron (III) chloride as a catalyst, and enough amount of oxygen as an oxidant were used. Addtion of BF Et2O to the reaction system can make the yield of the polymer remarkably increase.