Zirconium complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide†
Matthew D. Jones,Stuart L. Hancock,Pascal M. Schäfer,Antoine Buchard,Lynne H. Thomas,Mary F. Mahon,John P. Lowe
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 11/04/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C4CC07871C
Abstract
Herein we report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of Zr(IV) 2,2′-bipyrrolidine–salan derived complexes and their exploitation for the ring opening polymerisation of rac-lactide to afford highly isotactically enriched polymers.
