Synthesis and structures of mono- and di-nuclear aluminium and zinc complexes bearing α-diimine and related ligands, and their use in the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Synthesis and structures of mono- and di-nuclear aluminium and zinc complexes bearing α-diimine and related ligands, and their use in the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters

Published:2020 Issue:5 Volume:49 Page:1456-1472
ISSN:1477-9226
Container-title:Dalton Transactions
language:en
Short-container-title:Dalton Trans.

Author:

Xiao Lin¹²³⁴,Zhao Yanxia¹²³⁴,Qiao Sijie¹²³⁴,Sun Ziyue¹²³⁴,Santoro Orlando⁵⁶⁷⁸,Redshaw Carl¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. College of Chemistry and Material Science

2. Northwest University

3. 710069 Xi'an

4. China

5. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

6. The University of Hull

7. Hull

8. UK

Abstract

Multi-metallic complexes (of Al, Zn) derived from imine-based ligands effectively operate as catalysts for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL), δ-valerolactone (δ-VL) and co-polymerization thereof.

Funder

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Northwest University

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Inorganic Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/DT/C9DT04332B

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