Kinetic analysis of the living ring-opening polymerisation of L-lactide with tin(II) initiators

Bochmann, Manfred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-5428, Wang, Lingfang, Cannon, Roderick, Carpentier, Jean-Francois, Roisnel, Thierry and Sarazin, Yann (2013) Kinetic analysis of the living ring-opening polymerisation of L-lactide with tin(II) initiators. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 (34). 5896–5905. ISSN 1434-1948

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Abstract

A general kinetic model to describe the initiation and monomer depletion phases of the metal-catalysed living ring opening polymerisation (ROP) of cyclic esters is presented. The model allows the description of ROP reactions in terms of rates of initiation (ki) and propagation (kp) and is in principle applicable to all metal-mediated ROP reactions. The model was validated by curve-fitting of data obtained for the living ROP of L-lactide catalysed by a variety of tin(II) catalysts. The catalyst was chosen from tin(II) diisopropoxide or from heteroleptic complexes of the type (LOx)Sn(OR), in which (LOx) is an amino or aminoether phenolate ancillary ligand and OR is isopropoxide or O-tert-butyl lactate. All tested catalysts promote the controlled, living polymerisation of L-lactide. No initiation phase was discerned for any of the considered catalysts in polymerisations performed at 60 °C, whereas at 25 °C initiation is an order of magnitude slower than propagation and, therefore, the inclusion of ki is required for an accurate kinetic description. Tin diisopropoxide is polymeric in the solid state, but it is dimeric in toluene solution. [Sn(OiPr)2]2 is an excellent example of an aggregated catalyst precursor and is catalytically more active than the heteroleptic (LOx)Sn(OR). As dissociation of the inactive dimer into a catalytically active monomeric complex is required, half-order dependence on [metal] is to be expected and was indeed found. A method to estimate the related monomer–dimer equilibrium constant KD under polymerisation conditions is also provided.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	chemistry(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Synthetic Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Materials and Catalysis
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2016 23:10
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 00:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59541
DOI:	10.1002/ejic.201300964

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