Issue 100, 2014
From the journal:

Chemical Communications

Zirconium complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide†

Matthew D. Jones,*a   Stuart L. Hancock,a   Paul McKeown,ab   Pascal M. Schäfer,a   Antoine Buchard,a   Lynne H. Thomas,a   Mary F. Mahon*c  and  John P. Lowea  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
E-mail: mj205@bath.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)1225 386231
Tel: +44 (0)1225 384908

b Doctoral Training Centre in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

c Bath Chemical Crystallography Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
E-mail: m.f.mahon@bath.ac.uk

Abstract

Herein we report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of Zr(IV) 2,2′-bipyrrolidine–salan derived complexes and their exploitation for the ring opening polymerisation of rac-lactide to afford highly isotactically enriched polymers.

Graphical abstract: Zirconium complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07871C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Oct 2014
Accepted
03 Nov 2014
First published
04 Nov 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 15967-15970

Author version available

Download author version (PDF)

Permissions

Request permissions

Zirconium complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide

M. D. Jones, S. L. Hancock, P. McKeown, P. M. Schäfer, A. Buchard, L. H. Thomas, M. F. Mahon and J. P. Lowe, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15967 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07871C

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements