摘要:
Reaction of LnCl(3) with bridged bis(guanidinate) lithium salt LLi2 (1) (L = iPr(Me3Si)NC(NiPr) N(CH2)(3)NC(NiPr)N(SiMe3)iPr) afforded the monochlorides LLnCl(THF)(2) (Ln = Nd (2), Yb (3), Y (4)) and LYbCl(DME) (5) (DME 1,2-dimethoxyethane). Complexes 2-5 were structurally characterized. Treatment of the chlorides with NaBH4 gave the monoborohydride complexes LLnBH(4)(DME) (Ln = Nd (6), Yb (7), Y (8)). X-ray crystal structure analyses of 6-8 revealed each complex was monomer with the central metal ligated by one L, one eta(3)-BH4 group and one DME. Complexes 6-8 initiate ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of epsilon-caprolactone (epsilon-CL), L-lactide (L-LA) and rac-lactide (rac-LA) as single-site initiators. The highest activity and the best molecular mass control for all the three monomers were found for the Nd system 6. The ROP of epsilon-CL in toluene with 6 gave the polymers with the (M) over bar (n exp) in good agreement with the (M) over bar (n theo) ((M) over bar (n) = the number averaged molar mass) at the molar ratio of monomer to 6 up to 600 and moderate molar mass distributions ((M) over bar (w)/(M) over bar (n) 1.43-1.52) ((M) over bar (w) the weight averaged molar mass). The ROP of L-LA with 6 in THF afforded the polymers with controlled molar mass and relatively narrow (M) over bar (w)/(M) over bar (n). Complexes 6-8 are active in the ROP of rac-LA affording poly(LA) with a slight heterotactic bias (Pr = 0.62-0.72). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.