Lanthanide mono(borohydride) complexes of diamide-diamine donor ligands: novel single site catalysts for the polymerisation of methyl methacrylate.
Samarium chloride and borohydride complexes of the diamide-diamine ligands (2-C5H4N)CH2N(CH2CH2NR)2(R = SiMe3 or mesityl) are described; the borohydride compounds are the first polydentate amide-supported single component lanthanide catalysts for the controlled polymerisation of polar monomers, and also represent the first lanthanide borohydride complex for the polymerisation of methyl methacrylate.
Bonnet
Fanny
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Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3TA.
Hillier
Anna C
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Collins
Anna
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Dubberley
Stuart R
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Mountford
Philip
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