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Homoleptic Phosphoraneiminato Complexes of Rare Earth Elements as Initiators for Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Lactones
Author(s) -
Gröb Thorsten,
Seybert Gert,
Massa Werner,
Weller Frank,
Palaniswami Ravi,
Greiner Andreas,
Dehnicke Kurt
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20001201)39:23<4373::aid-anie4373>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - homoleptic , polymerization , rare earth , chemistry , ytterbium , ring (chemistry) , polymer chemistry , ring opening polymerization , stereochemistry , metal , organic chemistry , materials science , polymer , mineralogy , doping , optoelectronics
As cyclopentadienide equivalents , the first homoleptic phosphoraneiminato complexes of rare earth elements with the very small coordination number four (see, for example, the ytterbium compound shown) are excellent initiators for the ring‐opening polymerization of lactones.