Yttrium and aluminium complexes bearing dithiodiolate ligands: synthesis and application in cyclic ester polymerization†
Abstract
Yttrium and aluminium complexes of two dithiodiolate ligands that feature different bridges (CF3)2C(OH)CH2SRSCH2C(OH)(CF3)2 (L1-H2, R = CH2CH2 and L2-H2, R = C6H4) were synthesized in good yields by reacting tris(silylamide)yttrium or trimethylaluminium with one equivalent of the proligand. All complexes were characterized by NMR and elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray structural analysis was also performed for one of the yttrium complexes. The catalytic activities of the four complexes in the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and rac-lactide have been investigated. Furthermore, DOSY experiment and DFT calculations have been carried out to determine the structure of the isopropoxo derivative of the complex L2Y amide.
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