Ortho-vanillin derived Al(iii) and Co(iii) catalyst systems for switchable catalysis using ε-decalactone, phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide
Ortho-vanillin derived Al(iii) and Co(iii) catalyst systems for switchable catalysis using ε-decalactone, phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide
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10.1039/d0cy02164d
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发表时间：
2021-03-07
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5
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Williams, Charlotte K.
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Diment, Wilfred T.;Stosser, Tim;Williams, Charlotte K.
Switchable catalysis is a useful one-pot method to prepare block polyesters utilising a single catalyst exposed to a mixture of monomers. The catalyst is switched between lactone ring-opening polymerization (ROP) and epoxide/anhydride ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) by controlling its chain-end chemistry. Here, novel aluminium(iii) (1) and cobalt(iii) complexes (2), coordinated by ortho-vanillin derived salen ligands, show excellent switchable catalytic activity and selectivity for the preparation of poly(epsilon-decalactone-block-cyclohexene phthalate-block-epsilon-decalactone) [PDL-b-PCHPE-b-PDL]. Both complexes have competitive activities with a commercial chromium salen catalyst for epoxide/anhydride ROCOP (TOFCr(III) = 1200 h(-1)vs. TOFAl(III) = 350 h(-1), 1 mol% catalyst loading vs. anhydride, 100 degrees C) and are significantly more active than the commercial catalyst for lactone ROP (TOFcr(III) = 3 h(-1)vs. TOFAl(III) = 300 h(-1); 0.5 mol% catalyst loading vs. lactone, T = 100 degrees C). The catalysts are tolerant to low loadings (0.1 mol% vs. anhydride, 0.05% vs. lactone) and produce high molar mass triblock polyesters (M-n = 6-57 kg mol(-1)). The efficient production of high molar mass polyesters allows for future optimization of the block polyester thermal-mechanical properties and applications.
