Enhancing isoprene polymerization with high activity and adjustable monomer enchainment using cyclooctyl-fused iminopyridine iron precatalysts
Nighat Yousuf, Yanping Ma, Qaiser Mahmood, Wenjuan Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Hassan Saeed, Wen‐Hua Sun
Abstract
In this study, a series of structurally rigid cyclooctyl-fused iminopyridine iron complexes, [L 2 FeCl][FeCl 4 ] and [2L 3 Fe][Cl][3FeCl 4 ], was synthesized and investigated as precatalysts on activation with MAO for isoprene polymerization.
Topics & Concepts
IsopreneSteric effectsChemistryPolymerizationTrigonal bipyramidal molecular geometryMonomerLigand (biochemistry)CatalysisPolymer chemistryOctahedral molecular geometryThermal stabilityCrystal structureCrystallographyStereochemistryOrganic chemistryCopolymerPolymerBiochemistryReceptorOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis