Alkoxides bonding

Bis(ethylacetoacetonate)-lanthanide(III) alkoxides, represented by structure (314), also initiate the well-controlled ROP of CL.895 Mn increases linearly with conversion (with Mw/Mn<1.10 throughout), and increasing [M]0/[I]o- Kinetic analysis implies a first order dependence on the lanthanide initiator, consistent with a non-aggregated active site. Block copolymers with moderately narrow polydispersities (1.25-1.45) have also been prepared using these initiators. NMR spectroscopy confirms well-controlled block sequences suggesting that these initiators are less susceptible to transesteriflcation than other lanthanide alkoxides. Initiation occurs exclusively at the alkoxide bond, and the tris(ethylacetoacetonate) analogs are inactive under the same conditions. 

The best understood in structural terms are the citrate complexes for which about seven X-ray structures have been determined (452), none of which has exactly the same composition as the drugs themselves (453). The dominant feature is the dimeric [(cit)BiBi(cit)]2-unit, where citric acid is H4cit, which contains bridging citrate anions (Fig. 20). The Bi-O(alkoxide) bond is very short (2.2 A) and strong,... 

The insertion of C02 into a metal alkoxide bond is unique in that it can occur into either the M—O bond or the O—R bond leading in both cases to the same product, (75). 

The synthesis of hydroxycarbamates from secondary aliphatic amines, C02 and epoxides has been found to be catalyzed by (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato) aluminum(III) acetate, AI(TPP)(02CCH3) [80], Scheme 6.14 illustrates the mechanism proposed for the catalytic process, which can be carried out under not severe conditions (293-343 K 0.1-5 MPa C02 pressure). The key step here is the insertion of epoxide into the Al-O bond of the A1-carbamate A (Scheme 6.14), which preliminarily forms by the reaction of A1(TPP)(02CCH3) with the amine and C02. Protolytic cleavage of the Al-alkoxide bond in the insertion product, C, by dialkylcarbamic acid regenerates the catalytkally active carbamato-species A and... 

Metal-catalyzed reactions of C02 and epoxides that give polycarbonates and/or carbonates have been extensively investigated as a potentially effective C02 fixation (Beckman, 1999 Inoue, 1987). The possible reaction mechanism is illustrated in Figure 3.8 (Darensbourg et al., 1999). The repetition of the reaction sequence in which C02 inserts into a metal-alkoxide bond, followed by ring-opening of the epoxide with the metal carbonate forms the alternating copolymer. In 1969, this copolymerization was first reported by Inoue and Tsuruta who used a Zn catalyst derived from... 

The putative mechanism involves coordination and activation of the lactide by the metal complex (1, Fig. 2). The lactide, once activated, is subsequently attacked by the metal alkoxide group (another way to view this is that lactide inserts into the metal alkoxide bond) (2, Fig. 2). The putative intermediate then undergoes ring opening of the lactide, by an acyl bond cleavage, and a new metal alkoxide bond is... 

The reduced yttrium complex was active for the polymerization of 55-lactide, 74% conversion in 3 h (0.2 M, THF, 25°C). When the complex was oxidized, using FcBArF, the polymerization was completely stopped, and it was restarted when the complex was reduced back. The authors provide good evidence that the polymerization switch operates by changing the electron density of the yttrium-alkoxide bond during oxidation/reduction cycles. Polymerizations with the indium analogue... 

As a consequence monomeric complexes are obtained much more easily. Also, the tendency to bridge lanthanide centers is less distinct and, for example, a small cluster chemistry as it exists for alkoxides, e.g. OiPr [13] and OtBu derivatives [14], is not yet known. However, the Ln-N(amide) bond is less strong than the Ln-O(alkoxide) bond, and even comparable to Ln-C(alkyl) bonds, which has an effect in synthetic chemistry. This has been confirmed by the determination of absolute bond disruption enthalpies D by means of calorimetric titrations for the representative systems Cp Sm X (X = OrBu, D = 82.4 kcalmol-1 NMe2, 48.2 CH(SiMe3)2, 47.0) [15]. 

Nevertheless, the interplay thermodynamic stability and kinetic lability of the Ln-O(alkoxide) bond proved to be useful in tailoring the synthetic and catalytic reactivity of metal complexes. This section will again take up the central theme of the article and put the main emphasis on monolanthanide species. 

Table 18. Lanthanide complexes containing terminal Ln-alkoxide bonds...

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