Air-stable titanium alkoxide based metal-organic framework as an initiator for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

Christopher J Chuck; Matthew G Davidson; Matthew D Jones; Gabriele Kociok-Köhn; Matthew D Lunn; Stephen Wu

doi:10.1021/ic060969+

Air-stable titanium alkoxide based metal-organic framework as an initiator for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

Inorg Chem. 2006 Aug 21;45(17):6595-7. doi: 10.1021/ic060969+.

Authors

Christopher J Chuck¹, Matthew G Davidson, Matthew D Jones, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn, Matthew D Lunn, Stephen Wu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Bath Chemical Crystallography Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K.

PMID: 16903711
DOI: 10.1021/ic060969+

Abstract

An air-stable titanium-organic framework, prepared from Ti(OiPr)4 and 1,4-butanediol, has been characterized via single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing a unique supramolecular structure. Its functionality as a highly active initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters is demonstrated. A discrete titanium trimer containing the related ligand (2R,3R)-2,3-butanediol has also been prepared, and it shows analogous activity as a polymerization initiator.