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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 961-971Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9qi01466g
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- NSFC [21674014, U1862115]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [DUT18GJ201, DUT18RC(3) 002]
- National Science Foundation [CHE-1809116]
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Redox-switchable polymerization has drawn increasing attention, in particular for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of biomass-derived monomers. However, an understanding of how the switch determines the observed changes is still limited. In this study, DFT calculations were employed to understand the redox-switchable ROP mechanism of epsilon-caprolactone catalyzed by group 4 metal complexes bearing [OSSO]-type ferrocene ligands. Our results suggest that two oxidized forms show higher reactivity because of the higher Lewis acidity of their catalytic metal centers in comparison with that of the corresponding reduced states. In one case, however, a lower activity of the oxidized species was observed that is likely due to the increased stability of the substrate-catalyst intermediate leading to a high activation barrier. In addition, other analogous metal complexes were computationally modelled by changing the metal center or modifying the ancillary ligand with different bridging-heteroatoms, and the results provide useful information on the development of new redox-switchable polymerization catalysts.
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