The diastereomerically pure P-stereogenic bis(phosphinimine) ligands 4,6-(ArN[double bond, length as m-dash]PMePh)(2)dbf [Ar = 4-isopropylphenyl (Pipp): rac-4, meso-4; Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl (Dipp): rac-4a; dbf = dibenzofuran] were synthesised and complexed to zinc using a protonation-alkane elimination strategy. The cationic alkylzinc complexes thus obtained, RZn[4,6-(ArN[double bond, length as m-dash]PMePh)(2)dbf][B(Ar')(4)] [Ar = Pipp, Ar' = C(6)H(3)(CF(3))(2): rac-6 (R = Et), meso-6 (R = Et), rac-7 (R = Me) meso-7 (R = Me); Ar = Dipp: rac-6a (R = Et, Ar' = C(6)H(3)(CF(3))(2)), rac-6b (R = Et, Ar' = C(6)F(5))] were investigated for their competency as initiators for the ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide. The formation of polylactide was achieved under relatively mild conditions (40 °C, 2-4 h) and the microstructures of the resulting polymers exhibited a slight heterotactic bias [polymer tacticity (P(r)) = 0.51-0.63].
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