Issue 30, 2011

Scandium alkyl and amide complexes containing a cyclen-derived (NNNN) macrocyclic ligand: synthesis, structure and ring-opening polymerization activity toward lactide monomers

Abstract

Cyclic polyamine 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane, (Me3TACD)H (= Me3[12]aneN4), reacted with [K{N(SiHMe2)2}] in benzene-d6 to give [K{(Me3TACD)SiMe2N(SiHMe2)}] (1) under hydrogen evolution. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of 1 shows a dinuclear structure in the solid state, featuring a bridging μ-amido and a weak β-agostic Si–H bond. 1,7-Dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (Me2TACD)H2 (= Me2[12]aneN4) and (Me3TACD)H were reacted with [Sc{N(SiHMe2)2}3(thf)] in benzene-d6 to give [{(Me2TACD)SiMe2N(SiHMe2)}Sc{N(SiHMe2)2}] (2) and [(Me3TACD)Sc{N(SiHMe2)2}2SiMe2] (3), respectively. Both compounds are monomeric in solution and X-ray diffraction studies showed the scandium metal centers to be six-coordinate. The scandium alkyl complex [Sc(Me3TACD)(CH2SiMe3)2] (4) was obtained by reacting (Me3TACD)H with [Sc(CH2SiMe3)3(thf)] in benzene-d6. The scandium amide complexes 2 and 3 catalyzed the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of meso-lactide to give syndiotactic polylactides.

Graphical abstract: Scandium alkyl and amide complexes containing a cyclen-derived (NNNN) macrocyclic ligand: synthesis, structure and ring-opening polymerization activity toward lactide monomers

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Jan 2011
Accepted
17 Mar 2011
First published
11 Apr 2011

Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 7748-7754

Scandium alkyl and amide complexes containing a cyclen-derived (NNNN) macrocyclic ligand: synthesis, structure and ring-opening polymerization activity toward lactide monomers

J. Buffet and J. Okuda, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7748 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10075K

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