Co-operative formation of monolithic tungsten oxide-polybenzylene hybrids via polymerization of benzyl alcohol and study of the catalytic activity of the tungsten oxide nanoparticles

Abstract

Monolithic tungsten oxide-polybenzylene nanohybrids are obtained in one step from tungsten isopropoxide and benzyl alcohol. The tungsten oxide nanowires are not only able to quantitatively transform benzyl alcohol into polybenzylene but also to generally catalyze the polymerization of alcohols with an aryl methanol group. © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.