A series of ligands with site specific electron donating substituents that form a catalyst complex with a transition metal and are suitable for catalysis of atom transfer radical reactions, including ATRP are described. Faster catalysis rates were observed allowing for low catalyst concentrations and linear increases in molecular weight with monomer conversion, and narrow molecular weight distributions. Cyclic voltammetry revealed that increasing the strength and number of conjugated electron donating groups resulted in more stable complexes and larger ATRP equilibrium constants.
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配体,具有特定位点的电子给体取代基,与过渡
金属形成催化剂复合物,适用于催化原子转移自由基反应,包括ATRP。观察到更快的催化速率,允许低催化剂浓度和随单体转化率线性增加的分子量,以及较窄的分子量分布。循环伏安法揭示,增加共轭电子给体基团的强度和数量导致更稳定的复合物和更大的ATRP平衡常数。