Issue 9, 2019

Investigation of a zirconium compound for redox switchable ring opening polymerization

Abstract

A zirconium compound, (salfen)Zr(OiPr)2 (salfen = N,N′-bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenoxy)-1,1′-ferrocenediimine), was tested as a redox switchable catalyst for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters and epoxides. Different activities were observed in the reduced and oxidized state, and an orthogonal switch on monomer activities could be achieved. Diblock and triblock copolymers were synthesized using an in situ redox switch of the catalyst oxidation state.

Graphical abstract: Investigation of a zirconium compound for redox switchable ring opening polymerization

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jan 2019
Accepted
07 Feb 2019
First published
07 Feb 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 2996-3002

Author version available

Investigation of a zirconium compound for redox switchable ring opening polymerization

R. Dai and P. L. Diaconescu, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 2996 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00212J

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