title: Dinuclear vs. mononuclear complexes: accelerated, metal-dependent ring-opening polymerization of lactide.
abstract: Dinuclear complexes of aluminum and indium with a bis(phenoxy-imine) platform have been synthesized and used in the polymerization of lactide. Kinetic studies demonstrate that the dialuminum precursor provides a more favorable reaction pathway in terms of activation free energy than that of directly related monoaluminum systems. No similar trend is observed with the corresponding diindium-monoindium systems, which is attributed to a dissimilar ROP mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Organometallics: Materials and Catalysis Laboratories, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France. evgueni.kirillov@univ-rennes1.fr jean-francois.carpentier@univ-rennes1.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Normand
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roisnel
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kirillov