Abstract
The reaction between ZnCl2 and N,N-bis[(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol- 1-yl)methyl]-1-phenylethylamine (bdmppea) affords [(bdmppea)ZnCl2], whose structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The diethyl derivative [(bdmppea)ZnEt2] complex in situ prepared by the reaction between [bdmppea] and ZnEt2 exhibited high activity toward the polymerization reaction of rac-lactide with conversion of 93% at room temperature with heterotacticity (Pr) around value of 0.58. The reaction between ZnCl2 and N,N-bis[(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl) methyl]-1-phenylethylamine (bdmppea) affords [(bdmppea)ZnCl2], whose structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The [(bdmppea)ZnEt 2] complex in situ prepared by the reaction between [bdmppea] and ZnEt2 exhibited high activity toward the polymerization reaction of rac-lactide at room temperature. However, its activity decreased sharply with decreasing temperature. Stereospecificity of this catalyst characterized by heterotacticity (Pr) was determined by homonuclear decoupled NMR spectroscopy, which value was ∼0.58.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2404-2408 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Polyhedron |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Bio-compatible polymer
- Polylactide
- Polymerization
- Pyrazole
- Zinc