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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 698-704 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 24 Jan 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry