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High-activity, single-site catalysts for the alternating copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide
Allen, Scott D.,Moore, David R.,Lobkovsky, Emil B.,Coates, Geoffrey W.
, p. 14284 - 14285 (2002)
Despite recent advances regarding catalysts for CO2/epoxide copolymerization, the development of high-activity catalysts for alternating polymerization of CO2 and commodity epoxides, such as propylene oxide, remains a challenge. A new class of unsymmetrically substituted β-diiminate zinc complexes is reported that exhibits unprecedented activity for CO2/propylene oxide copolymerization. The polymers formed are of high molecular weight (Mn ≈ 35 kg/mol) and have narrow polydispersities (PDI ≈ 1.1), consistent with a living polymerization. Copyright
