Ring-opening polymerization of lactide with Zr complexes of {ONSO} ligands: From heterotactically inclined to isotactically inclined poly(lactic acid)

Ayellet Stopper, Jun Okuda, Moshe Kol

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Abstract

Six members of a new family of {ONSO}-type ligands - the tetradentate-diainionic imine-thiobis(phenolate) ligands - were prepared by a two-step synthesis. Their [{ONSO}Zr(O tBu) 2] complexes formed as single diastereomers with different degrees of fluxionality that depended on the substitution pattern of the two phenolate rings. The complexes were active in polymerization of l-lactide and rac-lactide. The tacticity of the poly(lactic acid) prepared from rac-lactide changed gradually from heterotactically inclined through atactic to isotactically inclined. The most flexible complex and the most rigid complex gave the highest degrees of heterotacticity and isotacticity, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)698-704
Number of pages7
JournalMacromolecules
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jan 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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