Abstract
Calixarenes bridged by thia (-S-), sulfinyl (-SO-), or sulfonyl (-SO2-) linkers have been employed as ancillary ligands in vanadium-based ethylene polymerization and in the ring-opening polymerization of e-caprolactone. For ethylene polymerization, all pro-catalysts [PPh4][VOCl2(R-calix[4]areneH2)] (R = p-tert-butylthia (-S-) (1), sulfinyl (-SO-) (2), sulfonyl (-SO2-) (3)) were highly active, with the system bearing the sulfonyl (-SO2-)-bridged calixarene displaying enhanced activity. The molecular structures of pro-catalysts 2 and 3 are reported. Pro-catalysts 1–3 were inactive for the ROP of e-caprolactone.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5620–5624 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Organometallics |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 21 |
Early online date | 14 Oct 2011 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Oct 2011 |