Issue 44, 2011

Synthesis and structure of divalent thulium borohydrides, and their application in ε-caprolactone polymerisation

Abstract

The new divalent thulium compound [Tm(BH4)2(DME)2] could be prepared by reduction of [Tm(BH4)3(THF)3] or from TmI2 and KBH4. It was used as a precursor to the divalent [(TptBu,Me)Tm(BH4)(THF)] by reaction with potassium tris(2-tBu-4-Me)pyrazolylborate (KTptBu,Me). Both TmII compounds were found active as ε-caprolactone polymerisation catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and structure of divalent thulium borohydrides, and their application in ε-caprolactone polymerisation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Aug 2011
Accepted
28 Sep 2011
First published
11 Oct 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12203-12205

Synthesis and structure of divalent thulium borohydrides, and their application in ε-caprolactone polymerisation

A. Momin, F. Bonnet, M. Visseaux, L. Maron, J. Takats, M. J. Ferguson, X. Le Goff and F. Nief, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12203 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15294G

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