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Highly Heteroselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of <i>rac</i>‐Lactide Initiated by Bis(phenolato)scandium Complexes

Haiyan Ma, Thomas P. Spaniol, Jun Okuda

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2006 · 270 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

Tactical response: High heterotactic stereocontrol was observed from the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide on using a series of bis(phenolato)scandium complexes (see scheme). This stereocontrol appears to involve a dynamic monomer-recognition process as a result of the interconversion of the configuration from Λ into Δ.

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