Issue 37, 2015

Hemi-salen aluminum catalysts bearing N, N, O-tridentate type binaphthyl-Schiff-base ligands for the living ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

Abstract

Four hemi-salen aluminum complexes based on tridentate N, N, O-type binaphthyl-Schiff-base derivatives (1: R = iPr; R1 = H; 2: R = iPr; R1 = Cl; 3: R = 2-adamantyl; R1 = H; 4: R = 2-adamantyl; R1 = tBu) were prepared. These complexes were characterized by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis, these four complexes were employed for ring-opening polymerisation of L-lactide and rac-lactide. Complex 2, which was based on pro-ligand L2 with smaller steric hindrance and electron-withdrawing substituents, displayed the highest activity for ROP of L-lactide among these complexes, and complex 4, which was supported by pro-ligand L4 with the biggest steric hindrance, showed the highest stereoselectivity for the ROP of rac-lactide with partially isotactic polylactide with a Pm of 0.65. Kinetic studies revealed the ROP of L-lactide initiated by complex 3 had first-order dependency on [LA] as well as [Al].

Graphical abstract: Hemi-salen aluminum catalysts bearing N, N, O-tridentate type binaphthyl-Schiff-base ligands for the living ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jan 2015
Accepted
19 Mar 2015
First published
19 Mar 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 29412-29419

Author version available

Hemi-salen aluminum catalysts bearing N, N, O-tridentate type binaphthyl-Schiff-base ligands for the living ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

B. Gao, X. Li, R. Duan, Q. Duan, Y. Li, X. Pang, H. Zhuang and X. Chen, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 29412 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA00956A

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