Zinc and magnesium complexes supported by bulky multidentate amino-ether phenolate ligands: potent pre-catalysts for the immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters.

Valentin Poirier (1) , Thierry Roisnel (1) , Jean-François Carpentier (1) , Yann Sarazin (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

A family of heteroleptic complexes of zinc and magnesium supported by bulky multidentate amino-ether phenolate ligands has been developed; in combination with external chain transfer agents, they constitute efficient binary catalytic systems for the immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters.

Domaines: Catalyse

Valentin Poirier, Thierry Roisnel, Jean-François Carpentier, Yann Sarazin. Zinc and magnesium complexes supported by bulky multidentate amino-ether phenolate ligands: potent pre-catalysts for the immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters.. Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40 (2), pp.523-34. ⟨10.1039/c0dt01219j⟩. ⟨hal-00632108⟩