Synthesis, structural characterization and MMA polymerization studies of dimeric 5-coordinate copper(II), cadmium(II), and monomeric 4-coordinate zinc(II) complexes supported by N-methyl-N-((pyridine-2-yl)methyl)benzeneamine

Hyungwoo Cho, Maeng Joon Jung, Jongho Jeon, Hyosun Lee, Saira Nayab

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Abstract

Copper(II), cadmium(II) and zinc(II) complexes containing N-methyl-N-((pyridine-2-yl)methyl)benzeneamine (npmb) ligand have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Molecular structures of Cu(II) and Cd(II) complexes revealed dimeric structures with square pyramidal and distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries, respectively, involving two nitrogen atoms, two bridged and one terminal halogen ligands. However, the monomeric Zn(II) complex showed a distorted tetrahedral geometry around the Zn centre. [(npmb)ZnCl2] exhibited the higher catalytic activity (2.88 × 104 g PMMA/molZn·h) for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) at 60 °C and yielded high molecular weight (11.1 g/mol × 105) syndiotactic-enriched poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) compared to its Cu(II) and Cd(II) analogues.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-227
Number of pages7
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume487
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Cadmium(II) complex
  • Copper(II) complex
  • N-Methyl-N-((pyridine-2-yl)methyl)benzeneamine
  • Syndiotactic-enriched poly(methylmethacrylate)
  • Zinc(II) complex

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