Well-Defined Calcium Initiators for Lactide Polymerization

Abstract
A series of monomeric amide or aryloxide complexes of the form LCaX, where L = CH[CMeNC6H3-2,6- ]2, CH[CMeNC6H4-2-OMe]2, a bulky tris-pyrazolyl borate, TpiPr or TptBu or 9-BBN-pz2 and X = N(SiMe3)2 or OC6H3-2,6- , has been prepared and characterized and investigated in the ring-opening polymerizations of lactide. The compounds (TptBu)CaX in THF are shown to be highly active and stereoselective. The propylene oxide complex (TptBu)Ca(OC6H3-2,6- )·(PO) has been isolated and structurally characterized (single-crystal X-ray) and shown to be inert to the polymerization of PO.

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