Controlled ring‐opening homo‐ and copolymerization of ɛ‐caprolactone and d,l‐lactide by iminophenolate aluminum complexes: An efficient approach toward well‐defined macromonomers |
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Authors: | Kirill V Zaitsev Yulia A Piskun Yuri F Oprunenko Sergey S Karlov Galina S Zaitseva Irina V Vasilenko Andrei V Churakov Sergei V Kostjuk |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, , Moscow, 119991 Russia;2. Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, , Minsk, 220030 Belarus;3. Russian Academy Science, N.S. Kurnakov General and Inorganic Chemistry Institute, , Moscow, 119991 Russia |
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Abstract: | The aluminum complexes containing two iminophenolate ligands of the type (p‐XC6H4NCHC6H4O‐o)2AlR' (R′=Me ( 3, 4 ) or R′=O(CH2)4OCH=CH2 ( 5, 6 ), X=H ( 3, 5 ), F( 4, 6 )) were synthesized and characterized by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy, and X‐ray crystallography. The reaction of AlMe3 with two equivalents of substituted iminophenols gave five‐coordinated {ONR}2AlMe ( 3, 4 ) complexes. Subsequent reaction of these methyl complexes with unsaturated alcohol, HO(CH2)4OCH=CH2, resulted in target compounds 5 and 6 in a good yield. It was shown that the complexes ( 3 ‐ 6 ) are monomeric in solution (NMR) and in solid state (X‐ray analysis). The catalytic activity of the complexes 5 and 6 towards ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of ?‐caprolactone and d,l ‐lactide was assessed. Complex 5 showed higher activity as compared with 6 , while both of these catalysts induced controlled homo‐ and copolymerization to afford the macromonomers with high content of vinyl ether end groups (Fn > 80%) in a broad range of molecular weights (Mn = 4000–30,000 g mol?1) with relatively narrow MWD (Mw/Mn = 1.1–1.5). © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 1237–1250 |
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Keywords: | biomaterials block copolymers diblock copolymers living polymerization metal‐organic catalysts macromonomers polyesters ring‐opening polymerization X‐ray |
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