Ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate derivatives of magnesium and zinc. The effect of chelation on the homo- and copolymerization of lactide and ε-caprolactone

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 2781 - 2788
• Main Authors: Balasanthiran, Vagulejan, Chisholm, Malcolm H, Choojun, Kittisak, Durr, Christopher B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 21.02.2014
• Subjects: Chelating; Chelation; Copolymerization; Derivatives; Ligands; Magnesium; Polymerization; Zinc

The preparation, single crystal and molecular structures of the compounds (BDI)Mg(OCMe2COOEt)(L) are described where BDI = 2-[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)amino]-4-[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]pent-2-ene and L = pyridine (py) and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). In the solid-state the molecules have five...