Issue 45, 2006
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Dalton Transactions

Two-dimensional double metal cyanide complexes: highly active catalysts for the homopolymerization of propylene oxide and copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide†

Nicholas J. Robertson,a   Zengquan Qin,a   Gregory C. Dallinger,a   Emil B. Lobkovsky,a   Stephen Leea  and  Geoffrey W. Coates*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
E-mail: gc39@cornell.edu
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Abstract

The synthesis of two-dimensional double metal cyanide complexes of the formula Co(H2O)2[M(CN)4]·4H2O (M = Ni, Pd or Pt) and the X-ray crystal structure of Co(H2O)2[Pd(CN)4]·4H2O are presented. The anhydrous forms of these complexes were found to be effective catalyst precursors for the homopolymerization of propylene oxide as well as the random copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide to produce poly(propylene oxide-co-propylene carbonate) with no propylene carbonate byproduct. A detailed copolymer microstructure is proposed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B607963F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jun 2006
Accepted
14 Aug 2006
First published
05 Sep 2006

Dalton Trans., 2006, 5390-5395

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Two-dimensional double metal cyanide complexes: highly active catalysts for the homopolymerization of propylene oxide and copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide

N. J. Robertson, Z. Qin, G. C. Dallinger, E. B. Lobkovsky, S. Lee and G. W. Coates, Dalton Trans., 2006, 5390 DOI: 10.1039/B607963F

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