In situ and readily prepared metal catalysts and initiators for living cationic polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether: dual-purpose salphen as a ligand framework for ZrCl4and an initiating proton source
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A well-defined catalyst, generated quantitativelyin situsimply by mixing ZrCl4and a salphen ligand was shown to induce the living cationic polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether.
Design of Benign Initiator for Living Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers: Facile in Situ Generation of Vinyl Ether–Hydrogen Halide Adducts and Subsequent Controlled Polymerization without a Lewis Acid Catalyst