title: Multinuclear alkylaluminium macrocyclic Schiff base complexes: influence of procatalyst structure on the ring opening polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone.
abstract: Two remote dialkylaluminium centres supported by a macrocyclic Schiff base ligand exhibited beneficial cooperative effects, whilst aluminoxane-type bonding proved to be detrimental to activity for the ring opening polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, The University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK NR4 7TJ.
authors.forename: Abdessamad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbaoui
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Redshaw
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D002208:Caproates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002208:Caproates; D007783:Lactones; D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; D012545:Schiff Bases; C121056:caprolactone; D000535:Aluminum