Dinuclear zinc catalysts with unprecedented activities for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2

S Kissling; M W Lehenmeier; P T Altenbuchner; A Kronast; M Reiter; P Deglmann; U B Seemann; B Rieger

doi:10.1039/c5cc00784d

Dinuclear zinc catalysts with unprecedented activities for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Mar 18;51(22):4579-82. doi: 10.1039/c5cc00784d.

Authors

S Kissling¹, M W Lehenmeier, P T Altenbuchner, A Kronast, M Reiter, P Deglmann, U B Seemann, B Rieger

Affiliation

¹ Technische Universität München, WACKER Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, 85748 Garching, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 25683286
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00784d

Abstract

A variety of new dinuclear zinc catalysts was developed and tested for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide. Electron-withdrawing groups thereby led to unprecedented activities with turnover frequencies up to 155,000 h(-1). These are by far the highest polymerization rates ever reported for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2.