Chiral salenCo(iii) complexes with bulky substituents as catalysts for stereoselective alternating copolymerization of racemic propylene oxide with carbon dioxide and succinic anhydride

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1776-1786
Author(s):  
Zhou Wang ◽  
Ying Mu

Stereoregular poly(propylene carbonate)s and poly(propylene succinate-block-carbonate)s were synthesized with new chiral salenCo(iii) catalysts carrying bulky substituents.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. 3906-3912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Sugimoto ◽  
Hidetoshi Goto ◽  
Satoshi Honda ◽  
Rumi Yamada ◽  
Yoshihisa Manabe ◽  
...  

A series of four- and six-armed star-shaped poly(propylene carbonate)s (PPCs) have successfully been synthesized by carbon dioxide (CO2)–propylene oxide (PO) immortal alternating copolymerization initiated either from tetra- or hexa-functional carboxylic acids.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-Hong Zhang

Metal-free synthesis of fully alternating polycarbonates from carbon dioxide (CO2) and epoxides is highly desired but a huge challenge. Here, we disclose the combination of tertiary amines with trialkyl boranes for completely alternating copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides. Triethylamine (TEA) pairing with triethyl borane (TEB), the simplest catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide (PO), afforded fully alternating poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 54 h-1 at 60 oC. Remarkably, diamine such as, N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine (TEED) and triamine such as N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylene triamine (PMDETA) pairing with TEB exhibited improved the copolymer selectivity of up to 99%. Supplementally, the effect of trialkylborane structure on the copolymerization were also investigated. Moreover, PPCs prepared from these tertiary amines/ trialkyl boranes Lewis pairs showed the head-to-tail diad content of around 80%. The number-average molecular weight of PPC was up to 56.0 kg/mol with narrow distribution (Đ =1.16) and could be easily adjusted by simply varying the feeding ratios. The 1H NMR spectra and MALDI-TOF-MS spectra suggest that both tertiary amine-activating CO2 and TEB-masked end anions cooperatively promote the fully alternating CO2/epoxide copolymerization. This work provides an organocatalytic platform for well-defined CO2/epoxide copolymers using simple small molecules with high atomic utilization.<br>


2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (21) ◽  
pp. 4970-4973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Nakano ◽  
Shinichi Hashimoto ◽  
Mitsuru Nakamura ◽  
Toshihiro Kamada ◽  
Kyoko Nozaki

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (96) ◽  
pp. 54043-54050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingfeng Sheng ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Yusheng Qin ◽  
Xianhong Wang ◽  
Fosong Wang

Due to the deep concern over residual, toxic cobalt or chromium, bifunctional aluminum porphyrin complexes were prepared to catalyze the copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide.


2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gahee Kim ◽  
Moonhor Ree ◽  
Heesoo Kim ◽  
Ik Jung Kim ◽  
Jung Ran Kim ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-Hong Zhang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Haoke Zhang ◽  
Jiraya Kiriratnikom ◽  
Xiao-Han Cao ◽  
...  

Metal-free synthesis of fully alternating polycarbonates from carbon dioxide (CO2) and epoxides is highly desired but a huge challenge. Here, we disclose the combination of tertiary amines with trialkyl boranes for completely alternating copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides. Triethylamine (TEA) pairing with triethyl borane (TEB), the simplest catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide (PO), afforded fully alternating poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 54 h-1 at 60 oC. Remarkably, diamine such as, N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine (TEED) and triamine such as N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylene triamine (PMDETA) pairing with TEB exhibited improved the copolymer selectivity of up to 99%. Supplementally, the effect of trialkylborane structure on the copolymerization were also investigated. Moreover, PPCs prepared from these tertiary amines/ trialkyl boranes Lewis pairs showed the head-to-tail diad content of around 80%. The number-average molecular weight of PPC was up to 56.0 kg/mol with narrow distribution (Đ =1.16) and could be easily adjusted by simply varying the feeding ratios. The 1H NMR spectra and MALDI-TOF-MS spectra suggest that both tertiary amine-activating CO2 and TEB-masked end anions cooperatively promote the fully alternating CO2/epoxide copolymerization. This work provides an organocatalytic platform for well-defined CO2/epoxide copolymers using simple small molecules with high atomic utilization.<br>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-Hong Zhang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Haoke Zhang ◽  
Jiraya Kiriratnikom ◽  
Xiao-Han Cao ◽  
...  

Metal-free synthesis of fully alternating polycarbonates from carbon dioxide (CO2) and epoxides is highly desired but a huge challenge. Here, we disclose the combination of tertiary amines with trialkyl boranes for completely alternating copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides. Triethylamine (TEA) pairing with triethyl borane (TEB), the simplest catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide (PO), afforded fully alternating poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 54 h-1 at 60 oC. Remarkably, diamine such as, N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine (TEED) and triamine such as N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylene triamine (PMDETA) pairing with TEB exhibited improved the copolymer selectivity of up to 99%. Supplementally, the effect of trialkylborane structure on the copolymerization were also investigated. Moreover, PPCs prepared from these tertiary amines/ trialkyl boranes Lewis pairs showed the head-to-tail diad content of around 80%. The number-average molecular weight of PPC was up to 56.0 kg/mol with narrow distribution (Đ =1.16) and could be easily adjusted by simply varying the feeding ratios. The 1H NMR spectra and MALDI-TOF-MS spectra suggest that both tertiary amine-activating CO2 and TEB-masked end anions cooperatively promote the fully alternating CO2/epoxide copolymerization. This work provides an organocatalytic platform for well-defined CO2/epoxide copolymers using simple small molecules with high atomic utilization.<br>


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