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  • Title: Potassium, zinc, and magnesium complexes of a bulky OOO-tridentate bis(phenolate) ligand: synthesis, structures, and studies of cyclic ester polymerisation.
    Author: Huang Y, Wang W, Lin CC, Blake MP, Clark L, Schwarz AD, Mountford P.
    Journal: Dalton Trans; 2013 Jul 07; 42(25):9313-24. PubMed ID: 23435514.
    Abstract:
    Reaction of the OOO-coordinating tridentate bis(phenolate) protio-ligand 2,2'-{oxybis(methylene)}bis{4,6-di(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenol} (L(O3)-H2), with 1 equiv. of KN(SiMe3)2 in toluene or THF yielded [K(L(O3)-H)] (1) or [K(L(O3)-H)(THF)] (2), respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of 1 and 2 revealed mononuclear structures with the phenyl rings of the bulky ligand displaying stabilising π-interactions to the potassium centre. L(O3)-H2 also reacts with 1 equiv. of ZnEt2 or Mg(n)Bu2 to give [M2(L(O3))2] (M = Zn (3) or Mg (4)) in good yield. The molecular structures of complex 3 and 4 reveal dinuclear species in which the metal centres are tetra-coordinated to the three oxygen atoms of one L(O3) ligand, and to the bridging oxygen atom of one phenolate group of another. Complexes 1-4 are catalysts for ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone and L- and rac-lactide in the presence of benzyl alcohol (BnOH) and also other initiators to give the corresponding polyesters. Kinetic studies for the ROP of ε-caprolactone using 3 and BnOH gives an unusual rate expression R(p) = -d[CL]/dt = k(p)[BnOH]0[3]0(0.5) for which a tentative kinetic model is proposed.
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