TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of Al(III) silsesquioxane complexes and their exploitation for the ring opening polymerisation of rac-lactide
AU - Di Iulio, Carlo
AU - Jones, Matthew D.
AU - Mahon, Mary F.
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - In this paper we report the synthesis and characterisation of silsesquioxane tethered Al(III) complexes. The complexes have been characterised by multi-nuclear NMR spectroscopy and depending upon the bulk of the ligand either Al(L)Me 2 or Al(L) 2Me complexes were isolated. We also report the first solid-state structure of a tethered Al-silsesquioxane complex of the form Al(L)Me 2. All complexes and heterogeneous analogues were tested for the ring opening polymerisation of rac-lactide, with narrow molecular weight polylactide formed.
AB - In this paper we report the synthesis and characterisation of silsesquioxane tethered Al(III) complexes. The complexes have been characterised by multi-nuclear NMR spectroscopy and depending upon the bulk of the ligand either Al(L)Me 2 or Al(L) 2Me complexes were isolated. We also report the first solid-state structure of a tethered Al-silsesquioxane complex of the form Al(L)Me 2. All complexes and heterogeneous analogues were tested for the ring opening polymerisation of rac-lactide, with narrow molecular weight polylactide formed.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.036
U2 - 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.036
DO - 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.036
M3 - Article
VL - 718
SP - 96
EP - 100
JO - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
SN - 0022-328X
ER -