Isoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide initiated by achiral heteroscorpionate zwitterionic zinc complexes

Zehuai Mou; Bo Liu; Meiyan Wang; Hongyan Xie; Ping Li; Lei Li; Shihui Li; Dongmei Cui

doi:10.1039/c4cc05033a

Isoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide initiated by achiral heteroscorpionate zwitterionic zinc complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 7;50(77):11411-4. doi: 10.1039/c4cc05033a.

Authors

Zehuai Mou¹, Bo Liu, Meiyan Wang, Hongyan Xie, Ping Li, Lei Li, Shihui Li, Dongmei Cui

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin street, Changchun 130022, China. dmcui@ciac.ac.cn.

PMID: 25130785
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05033a

Abstract

A highly isotactic stereoblock PLA has been obtained using the achiral heteroscorpionate zwitterionic zinc complexes as catalysts, for the first time, via a chain-end control mechanism.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Polyesters / chemical synthesis*
Polymerization
Stereoisomerism
X-Ray Diffraction
Zinc / chemistry

Substances

Coordination Complexes
Polyesters
poly(lactide)
Zinc