Heterometallic cooperativity in divalent metal ProPhenol catalysts: combining zinc with magnesium or calcium for cyclic ester ring-opening polymerisation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Heterometallic cooperativity in divalent metal ProPhenol catalysts: combining zinc with magnesium or calcium for cyclic ester ring-opening polymerisation

Published:2022 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2044-4753
Container-title:Catalysis Science & Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Catal. Sci. Technol.

Author:

Gruszka Weronika¹,Sha Haopeng¹,Buchard Antoine²^ORCID,Garden Jennifer A.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK

2. Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

Abstract

The first heterobimetallic lactide ROP catalysts based on two divalent metals outperform the homobimetallic analogues, attributed to the increased Lewis acidity of Mg or Ca (monomer coordination) and enhanced polarity of Zn–Et/OR (propagation).

Funder

UK Research and Innovation

Royal Society

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

L'Oreal USA

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/CY/D1CY01914G