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Polymerization by Classical and Frustrated Lewis Pairs

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Frustrated Lewis Pairs II

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Abbreviations

α-AL:

α-Angelica lactone

γ-BL:

γ-Butyrolactone

γ-MMBL:

γ-Methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone

γ-VL:

γ-Valerolactone

ε-CL:

ε-Caprolactone

nBA:

n-Butyl acrylate

BHT:

Butylated hydroxytoluene

BINAP:

2,2′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl

CLP:

Classical Lewis pair

Cp:

η 5-Cyclopentadienyl

CP-1:

(S)-(−)-(1,1′-Binaphthalene-2,2′-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine)

CP-2:

(−)-1,2-Bis[(2S,5S)-2,5-diisopropylphospholano]benzene

CP-3:

(S,S)-1,2-Bis[α-naphthyl(phenylphosphino)]ethane

CP-4:

(2S,3S)-(−)-2,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)butane

DEVP:

Diethyl vinylphosphonate

DMAA:

N,N-Dimethylacrylamide

DMF:

N,N-Dimethylformamide

DPAA:

N,N-Diphenylacrylamide

EBI:

Ethylene bis(η 5-1-indenyl)

El:

Electrophile

FG:

Functional group

FLP:

Frustrated Lewis pair

Flu:

η 5- or η 3-Fluorenyl

FMA:

Furfuryl methacrylate

GPC:

Gel-permeation chromatography

IMes:

1,3-Bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene

It:

Isotactic (mm)

ItBu:

1,3-Di-tert-butylimidazol-2-ylidene

LA:

Lewis acid

LB:

Lewis base

LP:

Lewis pair

LPP:

Lewis pair polymerization

M:

Monomer

MAO:

Methylaluminoxane

MBL:

α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone

Mes:

Mesityl (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)

MMA:

Methyl methacrylate

M n (M w):

Number (weight) average molecular weight

MW:

Molecular weight

MWD:

Molecular weight distribution

NHC:

N-Heterocyclic carbene

Nu:

Nucleophile

P2-tBu:

1-tert-Butyl-2,2,4,4,4-pentakis(dimethylamino)-2λ5,4λ5-catenadi(phosphazene)

P4-tBu:

1-tert-Butyl-4,4,4-tris(dimethylamino)-2,2-bis[tris(dimethylamino)-phosphoranylidenamino]-2λ5,4λ5-catenadi(phosphazene)

PDI:

Polydispersity index

PDMAA:

Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)

PMMA:

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

RT:

Room temperature

St:

Syndiotactic (rr)

THF:

Tetrahydrofuran

TOF:

Turn-over frequency

TPT:

1,3,4-Triphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene

TS:

Transition state

VT:

Variable temperature

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Acknowledgments

The study carried out at Colorado State University was supported by the National Science Foundation (CHE 1150792). The author thanks Prof. Tatsuki Kitayama for providing a copy of [13], which was an internal report written in Japanese and archived in the Macromolecular Department of Osaka University.

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Chen, E.YX. (2012). Polymerization by Classical and Frustrated Lewis Pairs. In: Erker, G., Stephan, D. (eds) Frustrated Lewis Pairs II. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 334. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2012_372

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