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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume -, Issue 11, Pages 2047-2050Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b503134f
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Two monomeric, six-coordinated magnesium complexes with bulky aminophenolate ligands [(Htbpoa)(2)Mg] (1) and [(Htbpca)(2)Mg(THF)(2)] (2), where Htbpoa = N-[methyl(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)]-N-methyl-N-methyl-1,3-dioxolaneamine and Htbpca = N-[methyl(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)]-N-methyl-N-cyclohexylamine have been prepared, characterized and employed as initiators for lactide polymerization. The crystal structure of the homoleptic compound I has been determined and shows that the six-coordinate magnesium atom in 1 is surrounded by two tridendate tbpoa ligands. In the solution, however, complex 1 exists in equilibrium with a five-coordinate species la having one oxolane fragment dangling. The tbpoa and tbpca ligands in I and 2 play a dual role, as the ancillary ligand stabilizing the monomeric magnesium species and as the initiating polymerization group.
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