Stereo- and Temporally Controlled Coordination Polymerization Triggered by Alternating Addition of a Lewis Acid and Base
作者：Liu, Bo;Cui, Dongmei;Tang, Tao
關鍵字：coordination polymerization，Lewis acids， Lewis bases，polymerization， sequence-controlled polymers
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201605038/abstract;jsessionid=66E0869E98C176BD7A82BC
發表時間：2016年
Significant progress has been made with regard to temporally controlled radical and ring-opening polymerizations, for example, by means of chemical reagents, light, and voltage, whereas quantitative switch coordination polymerization is still challenging. Herein, we report the temporally and stereocontrolled 3,4-polymerization of isoprene through allosterically regulating the active metal center by alternating addition of Lewis basic pyridine to "poison" the Lewis acidic active metal species through acid-base interactions and Lewis acidic AliBu(3) to release the original active species through pyridine abstraction. This process is quick, quantitative, and can be repeated multiple times while maintaining high 3,4-selectivity. Moreover, this strategy is also effective for the switch copolymerization of isoprene and styrene with dual 3,4- and syndiotactic selectivity. Tuning the switch cycles and intervals enables the isolation of various copolymers with different distributions of 3,4-polyisoprene and syndiotactic polystyrene sequences.
