Flexible NHC-aryloxido aluminum complex and its zwitterionic imidazolium aluminate precursor in ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone
Santu Goswami, Pranay Mandal, Subham Sarkar, Mainak Mukherjee, Samanwita Pal, Dibyendu Mallick, Debabrata Mukherjee
Abstract
An NHC-aryloxide hybrid ligand-bound aluminum complex and its zwitterionic imidazolium precursor catalyze the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone through two different mechanistic pathways with and without benzyl alcohol as a cocatalyst.
Topics & Concepts
CaprolactoneAluminatePolymerizationRing-opening polymerizationRing (chemistry)AluminiumPolymer chemistryMaterials scienceChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerComposite materialCementbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisSynthesis and properties of polymers