Aryloxy and benzyloxy compounds of zirconium: Synthesis, structural characterization and studies on solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and δ-valerolactone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.09.026

A series of aryloxy compounds and benzyloxy derivatives of Zr(IV) were synthesized in good yields and purity, employing the alcoholysis route. They were completely characterized with different spectroscopic techniques and single crystal X-ray diffraction.