Dinuclear zinc catalysts with unprecedented activities for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2

S. Kissling; M. W. Lehenmeier; P. T. Altenbuchner; A. Kronast; M. Reiter; P. Deglmann; U. B. Seemann; B. Rieger

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Dinuclear zinc catalysts with unprecedented activities for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO₂†

S. Kissling,^a M. W. Lehenmeier,^a P. T. Altenbuchner,^a A. Kronast,^a M. Reiter,^a P. Deglmann,^b U. B. Seemann^b and B. Rieger*^a

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^a Technische Universität München, WACKER Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, 85748 Garching, Germany
E-mail: rieger@tum.de

^b BASF SE, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

Abstract

A variety of new dinuclear zinc catalysts was developed and tested for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide. Electron-withdrawing groups thereby led to unprecedented activities with turnover frequencies up to 155 000 h⁻¹. These are by far the highest polymerization rates ever reported for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO₂.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC00784D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 27 Jan 2015
Accepted: 10 Feb 2015
First published: 10 Feb 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 4579-4582

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Dinuclear zinc catalysts with unprecedented activities for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO₂

S. Kissling, M. W. Lehenmeier, P. T. Altenbuchner, A. Kronast, M. Reiter, P. Deglmann, U. B. Seemann and B. Rieger, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4579 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00784D

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