A well-defined iron(ii) alkoxide initiator for the controlled polymerisation of lactide

V.C. Gibson, E.L. Marshall, Diana Navarro-Llobet, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams

Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions · 2002 · 110 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

The three-coordinate iron(II) complex, (But-BDI)FeOBut [But-BDI = HC(C(But)N-2,6-iPr2C6H3)2] is found to be a highly active initiator for the polymerisation of lactide and caprolactone at room temperature.

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