Potassium, zinc, and magnesium complexes of a bulky OOO-tridentate bis(phenolate) ligand: synthesis, structures, and studies of cyclic ester polymerisation.

Reaction of the OOO-coordinating tridentate bis(phenolate) protio-ligand 2,2'-{oxybis(methylene)}bis{4,6-di(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenol} (L(O3)-H2), with 1 equiv. of KN(SiMe3)2 in toluene or THF yielded [K(L(O3)-H)] (1) or [K(L(O3)-H)(THF)] (2), respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction...

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Main Authors: Huang, Y, Wang, W, Lin, C, Blake, M, Clark, L, Schwarz, A, Mountford, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013