Isoprene polymerization with aminopyridinato ligand supported rare-earth metal complexes. Switching of the regio- and stereoselectivity

Yi Yang; Kui Lv; Lingfang Wang; Yang Wang; Dongmei Cui

doi:10.1039/c0cc00297f

Isoprene polymerization with aminopyridinato ligand supported rare-earth metal complexes. Switching of the regio- and stereoselectivity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 7;46(33):6150-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00297f. Epub 2010 Jul 12.

Authors

Yi Yang¹, Kui Lv, Lingfang Wang, Yang Wang, Dongmei Cui

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute ofApplied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.

PMID: 20623071
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00297f

Abstract

The highly cis-1,4, trans-1,4 and 3,4-selective polymerizations of isoprene were successfully regulated by simply modifying the auxiliary ligands, metal centres and initiation groups of rare-earth metal complexes and cocatalysts.