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Redox control of a polymerization catalyst by changing the oxidation state of the metal center

Erin M. Broderick,a  Neng Guo,b  Tianpin Wu,b  Carola S. Vogel,c  Cuiling Xu,d  Jörg Sutter,c  Jeffrey T. Miller,b  Karsten Meyer,c  Thibault Cantat*e  and  Paula L. Diaconescu*a 
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a Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
E-mail: pld@chem.ucla.edu

b CSE Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA

c Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

d University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T1Z1 Canada

e CEA, IRAMIS, SIS2M, CNRS UMR 3299 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
E-mail: thibault.cantat@cea.fr

Abstract

The activity of cerium alkoxide complexes supported by a Schiff base ligand was controlled using redox reagents during the ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide. The rate of L-lactide polymerization was modified by switching in situ between the cerium(III) and cerium(IV) species.

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The article was received on 27 May 2011, accepted on 13 Jul 2011 and first published on 05 Aug 2011


Article type: Communication
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13117F
Citation: Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 9897-9899
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    Redox control of a polymerization catalyst by changing the oxidation state of the metal center

    E. M. Broderick, N. Guo, T. Wu, C. S. Vogel, C. Xu, J. Sutter, J. T. Miller, K. Meyer, T. Cantat and P. L. Diaconescu, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9897
    DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13117F

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