Nahe am Original: Ein DNA‐ähnliches doppelsträngiges Polymer wurde durch Ringöffnungsmetathesepolymerisation eines Bisnorbornens mit starrem Ferrocen‐Spacer synthetisiert. Das Polymer bildet Helices (siehe Bild), Supercoil‐ und Leitermotive, wie durch Rastertunnelmikroskopie nachgewiesen wurde.

Close to original: A DNA‐like double‐stranded polymer is synthesized by ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of a bisnorbornene derivative containing a rigid ferrocene spacer. The polymer forms helices (see picture), supercoils, and ladders, which are observable by scanning tunneling microscopy.

Seventy percent of the ferrocene moieties in double-stranded polybisnorbornenes containing linearly aligned ferrocene linkers are oxidised and each of the neighbouring monomeric units in these polymers may strongly interact with each other; the oxidised form of has been shown to be antiferromagnetic.

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Helical double stranded polymers incorporated with a covalently bound chiral ferrocene linker are synthesised and characterized by CD spectra and STM images and molecular dynamics simulations.