Mechanistic Insight into the Stereochemical Control of Lactide Polymerization by Salan-Aluminum Catalysts
Mechanistic Insight into the Stereochemical Control of Lactide Polymerization by Salan-Aluminum Catalysts
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201503111
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发表时间:
2015-12-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Kol, Moshe
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作者:
Press, Konstantin;Goldberg, Israel;Kol, Moshe
Alkyl aluminum complexes of chiral salan ligands assembled around the 2,2'-bipyrrolidine core form as single diastereomers that have identical configurations of the N donors. Active catalysts for the polymerization of lactide were formed upon the addition of benzyl alcohol. Polymeryl exchange between enantiomorphous aluminum species had a dramatic effect on the tacticity of the poly(lactic acid) (PLA) in the polymerization of racemic lactide (rac-LA): The enantiomerically pure catalyst of the nonsubstituted salan ligand led to isotactic PLA, and the racemic catalyst exhibited lower stereocontrol. The enantiomerically pure catalyst of the chloro-substituted salan ligand led to PLA with a slight tendency toward heterotacticity, whereas the racemic catalyst led to PLA of almost perfect heterotacticity following an insertion/auto-inhibition/exchange mechanism.