627090-15-7Relevant articles and documents
Roles of monomer binding and alkoxide nucleophilicity in aluminum-catalyzed polymerization of ε - Caprolactone
Ding, Keying,Miranda, Maria O.,Moscato-Goodpaster, Beth,Ajellal, Noureddine,Breyfogle, Laurie E.,Hermes, Eric D.,Schaller, Chris P.,Roe, Stephanie E.,Cramer, Christopher J.,Hillmyer, Marc A.,Tolman, William B.
experimental part, p. 5387 - 5396 (2012/09/22)
The kinetics of polymerization of ε-caprolactone (CL) initiated by aluminum-alkoxide complexes supported by the dianionic forms of N,N-bis[methyl-(2-hydroxy-3-tert-butyl-5-R-phenyl)]-N,N- dimethylethylenediamines, (LR)Al(Oi-Pr) (R = OMe, Br, NO2) were studied. The ligands are sterically similar but have variable electron donating characteristics due to the differing remote (para) ligand substituents R. Saturation kinetics were observed using [CL]0 = 2-2.6 M and [complex]0 = 7 mM, enabling independent determination of the substrate coordination (Keq) and insertion (k2) events in the ring-opening polymerization process. Analysis of the effects of the substituent R as a function of temperature on both Keq and k 2 yielded thermodynamic parameters for these steps. The rate constant k2, related to alkoxide nucleophilicity, was strongly enhanced by electron-donating R substituents, but the binding parameter Keq is invariant as a function of ligand electronic properties. Density functional calculations provide atomic-level detail for the structures of key reaction intermediates and their associated thermochemistries.