Amine-Functionalized Polybutadiene Synthesis by Tunable Postpolymerization Hydroaminoalkylation.

Early transition metal-catalyzed hydroaminoalkylation is a powerful single-step method to selectively add amines to polybutadienes, offering an efficient strategy to access amine-functionalized polyolefins. Aryl and alkyl secondary amines were used with a tantalum catalyst to functionalize both 28 wt% () and 70 wt% () 1,2-polybutadiene polymers. The degree of amination was controlled by modifying amine and catalyst loading in both small- and multigram-scale reactions.

Commodity Polymers to Functional Aminated Materials: Single-Step and Atom-Economic Synthesis by Hydroaminoalkylation.

Hydroaminoalkylation (HAA) is demonstrated to be a promising postpolymerization route to catalytically prepare amine-functionalized atactic polypropylene. Using a recently reported tantalum catalyst supported by a ,-chelating cyclic ureate ligand, vinyl-terminated polypropylene (VTPP) is transformed into both aryl and alkyl secondary amine-terminated polyolefins. Early transition-metal-catalyzed hydroaminoalkylation avoids protection/deprotection protocols typically required for secondary amine synthesis.

Mono, bis, and tris(phosphoramidate) titanium complexes: synthesis, structure, and reactivity investigations.

A series of variously substituted phosphoramidate titanium complexes bearing dimethylamido ligands are reported. Aryl-substituted ligands impart crystallinity to the systems and allow for the elucidation of the molecular structures via X-ray crystallography. Higher-substituted complexes, including a tris(phosphoramidate)mono(dimethylamido) complex, were isolated and characterized in the solid state, as well as in solution using variable temperature 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy.

Titanium pyridonates for the homo- and copolymerization of rac-lactide and ε-caprolactone.

A series of titanium pyridonate complexes have been synthesized under very mild reaction conditions from a common precursor, Ti(NMe2)4. These complexes have been explored as initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide and ε-caprolactone and have proven to be competitive with leading titanium initiators. Furthermore, these complexes have been shown to be competent initiators for the synthesis of copolymers (CL-LA block copolymers and random copolymers).