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Magnesium complexes bearing N,N-bidentate phenanthrene derivatives for the stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactides
Gao, Bo,Zhao, Dehai,Li, Xiang,Cui, Yuan,Duan, Ranlong,Pang, Xuan
, p. 440 - 447 (2015/02/19)
Three unreported magnesium complexes (1: R = C6H5, 2: R = 2,6-Et2C6H3, 3: R = 2-tBuC6H4) bearing N,N-bidentate phenanthrene derivatives derived from Schiff bases were synthesized. These complexes were characterized using 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses and employed for rac-lactide and L-lactide polymerization. Complex 1 showed the highest activity among these Mg complexes for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide, and complex 3 showed the highest stereoselectivity for the ROP of rac-lactide, achieving partially heterotactic polylactide (PLA) with a Pr of 0.76. The polymerization kinetics utilizing 2 as a catalyst were researched in detail. The kinetics of the polymerization data revealed that the rate of polymerization was first-order with respect to monomer, and had an order of 0.97 with respect to catalyst. There was a linear relationship between the L-lactide conversion and the number-average molecular weight of PLA.
