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SUBMITTER: Bakewell C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4499264 | biostudies-other | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bakewell Clare C White Andrew J P AJ Long Nicholas J NJ Williams Charlotte K CK
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140707 35
Iso-selective initiators for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide are rare outside of Group 13. We describe the first examples of highly iso-selective lutetium initiators. The phosphasalen lutetium ethoxide complex shows excellent iso-selectivity, with a P(i) value of 0.81-0.84 at 298 K, excellent rates, and high degrees of polymerization control. Conversely, the corresponding La derivative exhibits moderate heteroselectivity (P(s)=0.74, 298 K). Thus, the choice of metal center i ...[more]