申请人:Coates Geoffrey W.
公开号:US20110087001A1
公开(公告)日:2011-04-14
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to methods of synthesizing a poly(ethylene carbonate) polymer from the reaction of ethylene oxide (EO) and carbon dioxide (CO
2
) in the presence of a metal complex. The present disclosure also provides novel metal complexes. In one aspect, the metal complex is of formula (I), wherein R
1
, R
2
, R
3
, M, X and Ring A are as defined herein.