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Ring-open Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Catalyzed by Substituted Indenyl Complexes

QI Min-Hua1,2*, SHEN Qi2, SHEN Zhi-Quan3   

    1. Institute of Chemical Engineering, Maoming College, Maoming 525000, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, China;
    3. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2007-05-14 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-12-10 Published:2007-12-10
  • Contact: QI Min-Hua

Abstract: The substituted indenyl lanthanide(Ⅱ) complex (C5H9C9H6)2Yb(THF)2 applied to catalyzing the polymerization of ε-caprolactone was investigated. The results indicate that the complex (C5H9C9H6)2·Yb(THF)2 as single component catalyst showed a high activity, the conversion of the polymerization and the number-average molecular weight of the polymers were affected by temperature and time of polymerization, and using dose of the catalyst in polymerization process. The number-average molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the polymer were not sensitive to temperature. But the conversion increased to increasing the polymerization temperature; molecular weight distribution of PCL gained was narrow. Other modified substituted indenyl lanthanide(Ⅱ) complexes also showed a good catalytic activity. The order of catalytic activity of the substituted indenyl lanthanide(Ⅱ) complexes was as follows: (1-C2H5C9H6)2Sm(THF)2>(1-C5H9C9H6)2Sm(THF)>KSm(1-C5H9C9H6)3(THF)3>(1-PhCH2C9H6)2Sm(THF)2>(1-C5H9C9H6)2Yb(THF)2. The number-average molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of PCL was measured by GPC.

Key words: Substituted indenyl, Lanthanide complex, ε-Caprolactone, Ring-opening polymerization

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