
Well-Defined Calcium Initiators for Lactide …
2019-5-25 · A series of monomeric amide or aryloxide complexes of the form LCaX, where L = CH[CMeNC6H3-2,6- ]2, CH[CMeNC6H4-2-OMe]2, a bulky tris-pyrazolyl borate, TpiPr or TptBu or 9-BBN-pz2 and X = N(SiMe3)2 or OC6H3-2,6- , has been prepared and characterized and investigated in the ring-opening polymerizations of lactide. The compounds (TptBu)CaX in THF are shown to be highly …