Rare-earth metal complexes as catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

DM Lyubov, AO Tolpygin, AA Trifonov - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
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Dinuclear catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of lactide

AB Kremer, P Mehrkhodavandi - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is by far the most commonly produced biodegradable
polyester. Metal-mediated ring opening polymerization of lactide is the most studied route for …

Mechanism of living lactide polymerization by dinuclear indium catalysts and its impact on isoselectivity

I Yu, A Acosta-Ramirez… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A family of racemic and enantiopure indium complexes 1–11 bearing bulky chiral
diaminoaryloxy ligands, H (NNOR), were synthesized and fully characterized. Investigation …

Polymerization catalysis with transition metal amidinate and related complexes

S Collins - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Applications of transition metal amidinate [RC (NR′) 2], guanidinate and amidopyridine
complexes to olefin coordination polymerization are reviewed. In addition, the use of …

Triblock copolymers from lactide and telechelic poly (cyclohexene carbonate)

MR Kember, J Copley, A Buchard, CK Williams - Polymer Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of α, ω-hydroxy-telechelic poly (cyclohexene carbonate) from a dizinc
catalyst is reported. The telechelic polymer, with an yttrium initiator, can be used to …

Overcoming aggregation in indium salen catalysts for isoselective lactide polymerization

DC Aluthge, JM Ahn, P Mehrkhodavandi - Chemical Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A methodology for controlling aggregation in highly active and isoselective indium catalysts
for the ring opening polymerization of racemic lactide is reported. A series of racemic and …

Phosphasalen yttrium complexes: highly active and stereoselective initiators for lactide polymerization

TPA Cao, A Buchard, XF Le Goff, A Auffrant… - Inorganic …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Preparation and characterization of three yttrium alkoxide complexes with new
phosphasalen ligands are reported. The phosphasalens are analogues of the well-known …

Yttrium complexes supported by linked bis (amide) ligand: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity in the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

TV Mahrova, GK Fukin, AV Cherkasov… - Inorganic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A series of new yttrium complexes supported by the bulky enediamido dianionic ligand
DAB2−(DAB2−=(2, 6-C6H3 i Pr2) NC (Me) C (Me) N (2, 6-C6H3 i Pr2) 2−), that is,{DAB} Y …

Cerium (III/IV) formamidinate chemistry, and a stable cerium (IV) diolate

D Werner, GB Deacon, PC Junk… - Chemistry–A European …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Four new cerium (III) formamidinate complexes comprising [Ce (p‐TolForm) 3],[Ce (DFForm)
3 (thf) 2],[Ce (DFForm) 3], and [Ce (EtForm) 3] were synthesized by protonolysis reactions …

Group 4 Salalen Complexes and Their Application for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide

EL Whitelaw, MD Jones, MF Mahon - Inorganic chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we report the preparation and characterization of a series of unsymmetrical
group 4 metal complexes based on ONNO salalen-type ligands. In these examples, the …