A well-defined magnesium enolate initiator for the living and highly syndioselective polymerisation of methylmethacrylate

Andrew P Dove; Vernon C Gibson; Edward L Marshall; Andrew J P White; David J Williams

doi:10.1039/b201896a

A well-defined magnesium enolate initiator for the living and highly syndioselective polymerisation of methylmethacrylate

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Jun 7:(11):1208-9. doi: 10.1039/b201896a.

Authors

Andrew P Dove¹, Vernon C Gibson, Edward L Marshall, Andrew J P White, David J Williams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, UK SW7 2AY.

PMID: 12109085
DOI: 10.1039/b201896a

Abstract

The reaction of (BDI)MgiPr [BDI = HC(C(Me)=N-2,6-iPr2C6H3)2] with 2',4',6'-trimethylacetophenone in toluene affords the enolate complex [(BDI)Mg(mu-OC(=CH2)-2,4,6-Me3C6H2)]2 which is found to be an excellent initiator for the living, syndioselective (sigma r > 0.95) polymerisation of methyl methacrylate.