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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 39, Issue 41, Pages 9912-9922Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00514b
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20874105]
- MOST [2009AA033601]
- EPSRC [EP/H031855/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H031855/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The stoichiometric reactions of 2-(benzimidazol-2-yl)-6-methylpyridine (L1) or 8-(benzimidazol-2-yl)quinaldine (L2) with trialkylaluminium reagents R3Al (R = Me, Et and iBu) afforded the corresponding dialkylaluminium benzimidazolate complexes R2AlL (L1, R = Me (1), Et (2), iBu (3); L2 R = Me (4), Et (5), iBu (6)). Treatment of L1 with one or two equivalents of Et2AlCl led to the adducts EtAl(L1)(2)center dot AlEtCl2 (7) or Et(2)AlL1 center dot AlEtCl2 (8), respectively. Complex 7 was also available via treatment of 8 with one equivalent of L1. Reaction of L1 with two equivalents of AlR3 (R = Me or Et) afforded R(2)AlL1 center dot AlR3 (R = Me, 9; R = Et, 10), which were also formed when 1 or 2 were reacted with AlR3. Reaction of L2 with two equivalents of AlR3 (R = Me or Et) gave the complexes R(2)AlL2 center dot AlR3 (R = Me, 11; R = Et, 12), which were also formed in the stoichiometric reaction of 4 or 5 with AlR3 (R = Me or Et). Screening of these complexes in the presence of BnOH, for the ring-open polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone, revealed appreciable activities. Only the aluminium compounds ligated by 2-(benzimidazol-2-yl)-6-methylpyridine maintained high activity in the absence of BnOH. In all cases, polymers with bi- or multi-modal characteristics were produced.
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