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Cover Feature: Next Generation of Guanidine Quinoline Copper Complexes for Highly Controlled ATRP: Influence of Backbone Substitution on Redox Chemistry and Solubility (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 27/2018)
Author(s) -
Rösener Thomas,
Hoffmann Alexander,
HerresPawlis Sonja
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201800760
Subject(s) - chemistry , quinoline , guanidine , monomer , atom transfer radical polymerization , copper , polymer chemistry , styrene , solubility , alkylation , redox , polymerization , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer
The Cover Feature shows the evolution of guanidine‐quinoline ligands for the stabilization of copper complexes for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The alkylation of the ligands increases the solubility of corresponding copper complexes in apolar ATRP monomers like styrene. Moreover, it has a significant electronic influence and thus an effect on the donor properties of the new ligands. Cu I and Cu II complexes of the butyl‐substituted ligands DMEG6buqu and TMG6buqu turned out to be perfectly soluble in pure styrene even at room temperature, which makes them excellent catalysts in the ATRP of apolar monomers. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Herres‐Pawlis et al.