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A Simple and Efficient Protocol for the Catalytic Insertion Polymerization of Functional Norbornenes
Published on: February 27, 2017
Catalytic performance of tridentate versus bidentate Co(ii) complexes supported by Schiff base ligands in vinyl
Kyeonghun Kim1, Saira Nayab1,2, Yerim Cho1
1Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University Daegu 41566 Republic of Korea hyosunlee@knu.ac.kr.
Abstract:
A series of Co(ii) complexes supported by Schiff base ligands, LA-LC, where LA, LB, and LC are (E)-3-methoxy-N-(quinolin-2-ylmethylene)propan-1-amine, (E)-N 1,N 1-dimethyl-N 2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)ethane-1,2-diamine, and (E)-N 1,N 1-dimethyl-N 2-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene)ethane-1,2-diamine, respectively, were designed and synthesized. Structural studies revealed a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry for [LBCoCl2] and a distorted tetrahedral geometry for [LCCoCl2]. After activation with modified methyl aluminoxane (MMAO), all the Co(ii) complexes catalyzed the polymerization of norbornene (NB) to yield vinyl-type polynorbornenes (PNBs) with activities of up to 4.69 × 104 gPNB mol Co-1 h-1 at 25 °C. High-molecular-weight (M n of up to 1.71 × 105 g mol-1) soluble PNBs with moderate molecular-weight distributions (MWD) were obtained. The activity of the Co(ii)/MMAO catalytic system is influenced by the steric hindrance and electronic properties of the ligands.
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