Unbridged bidentate aluminum complexes supported by diaroylhydrazone ligands: Synthesis,structure and catalysis in polymerization of ε-caprolactone and lactides |
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Authors: | Kun Nie Changan Wang Xueli Cheng Jikun Li Yinfeng Han Yingming Yao |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, Taian, 271000 China;2. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China |
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Abstract: | A series of novel diaroylhydrazone aluminum complexes have been synthesized and well-defined structurally, and their catalytic performance in the polymerization of ε-caprolactone and lactides have also been evaluated. Complexes [(L1–4)2AlMe] ( 1 – 4 ) {[L1 = (3,5-tBu2–2-OMe-C6H2)CH=NNCOC6H5], [L2 = (3,5-tBu2–2-OMe-C6H2)CH=NNCO(C6H4–4-OCH3)], [L3 = (3,5-tBu2–2-OMe-C6H2)CH=NNCO(C6H4–4-Br)] and [L4 = (2-OMe-C6H4)CH=NNCO(C6H4–4-tBu)]} were prepared through treatment of AlMe3 with the corresponding proligands L1–4H in molar ratios of 1: 1 or 1: 2. Chemical structures of all the complexes were well-defined by elemental analysis, NMR spectra as well as single-crystal X-ray study. Complexes [(L1–4)2AlMe] ( 1 – 4 ) in this work represent the first examples of aluminum complexes of aroylhydrazone ligands with crystallographic characterization. Specifically, they are all in monomeric form with a penta-coordinated aluminum center, including two approximately co-planar five-membered metallacycles with aluminum. Introduced bulky tert-butyl substituents in aroylhydrazone ligands could affect the geometry around the central metal which is a distorted square-based pyramid in complexes 1 – 3 while being a trigonal bipyramidal in complex 4 , thus affecting their catalytic behaviors. The complexes can successfully catalyze the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and L-lactide under mild conditions without any activator. In addition, complexes 1 – 4 could also polymerize rac-lactide, affording atactic polylactides with high conversions and good controllability in relatively short reaction time. |
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Keywords: | aluminum complexes diaroylhydrazone ring-opening polymerization structure synthesis |
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