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Yttrium phosphasalen initiators for rac-lactide polymerization: Excellent rates and high iso-selectivities

Clare Blakewell 1 Thi-Phuong-Anh Cao 2 Nicholas Long 1 X. Le Goff 2 Audrey Auffrant 2, * Charlotte K Williams 1, *
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1 Department of Chemistry [Imperial College London]
2 DCPH - Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et Coordination
Abstract : Highly active yttrium phosphasalen initiators for the stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide are reported. The initiators are coordinated by a new class of ancillary ligand: an iminophosphorane derivative of the popular "salen" ligand, termed "phosphasalen". Changing the phosphasalen structure enables access to high iso-selectivities (Pi = 0.84) or hetero-selectivities (Ps = 0.87). The initiators also show very high rates, excellent polymerization control, and tolerance to low loadings; furthermore, no chiral auxiliaries/ligands are needed for the stereocontrol. The combination of such high rates with high iso-selectivities is very unusual.
Mots-clés : catalyse. Iminophosphorane ligand métal chimie de coordination complexes organométalliques catalyse
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Clare Blakewell, Thi-Phuong-Anh Cao, Nicholas Long, X. Le Goff, Audrey Auffrant, et al.. Yttrium phosphasalen initiators for rac-lactide polymerization: Excellent rates and high iso-selectivities. Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, 2012, 134 (51), pp.20577-20580. ⟨10.1021/ja310003v⟩. ⟨hal-00906007⟩

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