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Navarro M, Sobrino S, Fernández I, Lara-Sánchez A, Garcés A, Sánchez-Barba LF. Exploring enantiopure zinc-scorpionates as catalysts for the preparation of polylactides, cyclic carbonates, and polycarbonates. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:13933-13949. [PMID: 39099454 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01526f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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New and simple ligand design strategies for the preparation of versatile metal-based catalysts capable of operating under greener and eco-friendly conditions in several industrially attractive processes are in high demand for society development. We present the first nucleophilic addition of an organolithium to ketenimines which incorporates a stereogenic centre in an N-donor atom to prepare new enantiopure NNN-donor scorpionates. We have also verified its potential utility as a valuable scaffold for chirality induction through the preparation of inexpensive, non-toxic and asymmetric zinc complexes. The pro-ligands and the corresponding zinc-based complexes have been characterized by X-ray diffraction studies. DFT studies were carried out to rationalize the different complexation abilities of these pro-ligands. These complexes have proved to act as highly efficient catalysts for a variety of sustainable bioresourced processes that are industrially attractive, with a wide substrate scope. Thus, complex 7 behaves as a highly efficient initiator for the well-behaved living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide under very mild conditions. The PLA materials produced exhibited enhanced levels of isoselectivity, comparable to the highest value reported so far for zinc-based catalysts (Pi = 0.88). In addition, the combination of 7 with onium halide salts functioned as a very active and selective catalyst for CO2 fixation into five-membered cyclic carbonates through the cycloaddition of CO2 into epoxides under very mild and solvent-free conditions, reaching very good to excellent conversions (TOF = 227 h-1). Furthermore, this bicomponent system exhibits a broad substrate scope and functional group tolerance, including mono- and di-substituted epoxides, as well as the very challenging bio-renewable tri-substituted terpene-derived cis/trans-limonene oxide, whose reaction proceeds with high stereoselectivity. Finally, complex 7 also achieved high activity and selectivity as a one-component initiator for the synthesis of poly(cyclohexene carbonate)s via ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of cyclohexene oxide and CO2 under very soft conditions, affording materials with narrow dispersity values.
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- Marta Navarro
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Campus Universitario, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Móstoles-28933-Madrid, Spain.
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Campus Universitario, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Química Orgánica I and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Campus Universitario, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Móstoles-28933-Madrid, Spain.
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- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Móstoles-28933-Madrid, Spain.
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Domínguez-Jurado E, Ripoll C, Lara-Sánchez A, Ocaña A, Vitórica-Yrezábal IJ, Bravo I, Alonso-Moreno C. Evaluation of heteroscorpionate ligands as scaffolds for the generation of Ruthenium(II) metallodrugs in breast cancer therapy. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 253:112486. [PMID: 38266323 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The modular synthesis of the heteroscorpionate core is explored as a tool for the rapid development of ruthenium-based therapeutic agents. Starting with a series of structurally diverse alcohol-NN ligands, a family of heteroscorpionate-based ruthenium derivatives was synthesized, characterized, and evaluated as an alternative to platinum therapy for breast cancer therapy. In vitro, the antitumoral activity of the novel derivatives was assessed in a series of breast cancer cell lines using UNICAM-1 and cisplatin as metallodrug control. Through this approach, a bimetallic heteroscorpionate-based metallodrug (RUSCO-2) was identified as the lead compound of the series with an IC50 value range as low as 3-5 μM. Notably, RUSCO-2 was found to be highly cytotoxic in TNBC cell lines, suggesting a mode of action independent of the receptor status of the cells. As a proof of concept and taking advantage of the luminescent properties of one of the complexes obtained, uptake was monitored in human breast cancer MCF7 cell lines by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to reveal that the compound is evenly distributed in the cytoplasm and that the incorporation of the heteroscorpionate ligand protects it from aqueous processes, conversion in another entity, or the loss of the chloride group. Finally, ROS studies were conducted, lipophilicity was estimated, the chloride/water exchange was studied, and stability studies in simulated biological media were carried out to propose structure-activity relationships.
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- Elena Domínguez-Jurado
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Unidad nanoDrug, Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, 02008 Albacete, Spain; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Ciudad Real 13071, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Unidad nanoDrug, Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, 02008 Albacete, Spain; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Física. Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, Albacete 02071, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Ciudad Real 13071, Spain
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- Experimental Therapeutics Unit, Hospital clínico San Carlos, IdISSC and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda de Fuentenueva. s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Unidad nanoDrug, Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, 02008 Albacete, Spain; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Física. Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, Albacete 02071, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Unidad nanoDrug, Facultad de Farmacia de Albacete, 02008 Albacete, Spain; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
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Yang Z, Du L. Novel Mn 4-Co 2 nanocluster@photosensitizers/SalenCo(iii) catalyze the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide. RSC Adv 2023; 13:13930-13939. [PMID: 37181521 PMCID: PMC10167730 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01742g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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In general, transition metals (TMs) often facilitate highly efficient catalysis. Herein, we synthesized a series of nanocluster composite catalysts by combining with photosensitizers and SalenCo(iii) for the first time and studied the catalytic copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide (PO). Systematic experiments have shown that the selectivity of copolymerization products can be improved by the nanocluster composite catalysts, and their synergistic effects significantly improved the photocatalytic performance of carbon dioxide copolymerization. At specific wavelengths, I@S1 can achieve a TON of 536.4, which is 2.26 times that of I@S2. Interestingly, in the photocatalytic products of I@R2, CPC reached 37.1%. These findings provide a new idea for the study of TM nanocluster@photosensitizers for carbon dioxide photocatalysis, and may provide guidance for exploring low cost and highly efficient carbon dioxide emission reduction photocatalysts.
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- ZhiWei Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & the Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Anhui University, Ministry of Education Hefei 230601 PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & the Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Anhui University, Ministry of Education Hefei 230601 PR China
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Martínez de Sarasa Buchaca M, de la Cruz-Martínez F, Sánchez-Barba LF, Tejeda J, Rodríguez AM, Castro-Osma JA, Lara-Sánchez A. One-pot terpolymerization of CHO, CO 2 and L-lactide using chloride indium catalysts. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:3482-3492. [PMID: 36843480 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00391d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Ring-opening copolymerization reactions of epoxides, carbon dioxide and cyclic esters to produce copolymers is a promising strategy to prepare CO2-based polymeric materials. In this contribution, bimetallic chloride indium complexes have been developed as catalysts for the copolymerization processes of cyclohexene oxide, carbon dioxide and L-lactide under mild reaction conditions. The catalysts displayed good catalytic activity and excellent selectivity towards the preparation of poly(cyclohexene carbonate) (PCHC) at one bar CO2 pressure in the absence of a co-catalyst. Additionally, polyester-polycarbonate copolymers poly(lactide-co-cyclohexene carbonate) (PLA-co-PCHC) were obtained via an one-pot one-step route without the use of a co-catalyst. The degree of incorporation of carbon dioxide can be easily modulated by changing the CO2 pressure and the monomer feed, resulting in copolymers with different thermal properties.
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- Marc Martínez de Sarasa Buchaca
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas and Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada-IRICA, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas and Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada-IRICA, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, 28933 Madrid, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas and Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada-IRICA, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas and Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada-IRICA, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Dpto. de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, 02071-Albacete, Spain.
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas and Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada-IRICA, 13071-Ciudad Real, Spain.
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Jung HJ, Nyamayaro K, Baalbaki HA, Goonesinghe C, Mehrkhodavandi P. Cooperative Initiation in a Dinuclear Indium Complex for CO 2 Epoxide Copolymerization. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:1968-1977. [PMID: 36688644 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Dinuclear indium complexes have been synthesized and characterized. These include neutral and cationic indium complexes supported by a Schiff base ligand bearing a binaphthol linker. The new compounds were investigated for alternating copolymerization of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide. In particular, the neutral indium chloride complex (±)-[(ONapNiN)InCl2]2 (4) showed high conversion of cyclohexene oxide and selectivity for poly(cyclohexene carbonate) formation without cocatalysts at 80 °C under various CO2 pressures (2-30 bar). Importantly, the reactivity of the dinuclear indium chloride complex 4 is drastically different from that of the mononuclear indium chloride complex (±)-(NNiOtBu)InCl2 (5), suggesting a cooperative initiation mechanism involving the two indium centers in 4.
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- Hyuk-Joon Jung
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, British Columbia, Canada
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Enhanced Antitumoral Activity of Encapsulated BET Inhibitors When Combined with PARP Inhibitors for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast and Ovarian Cancers. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14184474. [PMID: 36139634 PMCID: PMC9496913 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14184474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Poly (adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) have demonstrated antitumoral activity in several cancers harbouring germline and somatic BRCA1/2 mutations. The widespread use of these agents in clinical practice is restricted by the development of acquired resistance due to the presence of compensatory pathways. A strategy to deal with this is the use of combination therapies with drugs that act synergistically against the tumour. BETis can completely disrupt the HR pathway by repressing the expression of BRCA1 and could be aimed at generation combination regimes to overcome PARPi resistance and enhance PARPi efficacy. However, this strategy is hampered by the poor pharmacokinetic profile and short half-life of BETis. In this work and as a proof of concept, we discuss the potential preclinical benefit provided by the combination of the PARPi olaparib and the BET inhibitor JQ1 encapsulated into nanoparticles for the treatment of BRCAness tumours. Abstract BRCA1/2 protein-deficient or mutated cancers comprise a group of aggressive malignancies. Although PARPis have shown considerably efficacy in their treatment, the widespread use of these agents in clinical practice is restricted by various factors, including the development of acquired resistance due to the presence of compensatory pathways. BETis can completely disrupt the HR pathway by repressing the expression of BRCA1 and could be aimed at generation combination regimes to overcome PARPi resistance and enhance PARPi efficacy. Due to the poor pharmacokinetic profile and short half-life, the first-in-class BETi JQ1 was loaded into newly developed nanocarrier formulations to improve the effectivity of olaparib for the treatment of BRCAness cancers. First, polylactide polymeric nanoparticles were generated by double emulsion. Moreover, liposomes were prepared by ethanol injection and evaporation solvent method. JQ1-loaded drug delivery systems display optimal hydrodynamic radii between 60 and 120 nm, with a very low polydispersity index (PdI), and encapsulation efficiencies of 92 and 16% for lipid- and polymeric-based formulations, respectively. Formulations show high stability and sustained release. We confirmed that all assayed JQ1 formulations improved antiproliferative activity compared to the free JQ1 in models of ovarian and breast cancers. In addition, synergistic interaction between JQ1 and JQ1-loaded nanocarriers and olaparib evidenced the ability of encapsulated JQ1 to enhance antitumoral activity of PARPis.
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Mandel MJ, Krieck S, Görls H, Westerhausen M. Bulky Hybrid
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Scorpionate/Amidinate Complexes of Lithium and Zinc. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Miles J. Mandel
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I Friedrich Schiller University Jena Humboldtstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I Friedrich Schiller University Jena Humboldtstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I Friedrich Schiller University Jena Humboldtstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I Friedrich Schiller University Jena Humboldtstraße 8 07743 Jena Germany
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Li Y, Yang H, Lu X. Intramolecular synergistic catalysis for asymmetric alternating copolymerization of
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‐epoxides. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yi‐Ning Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology Dalian China
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Wang Y, Wang M, Shi Y, Chen X, Song D, Li Y, Wang B. Switchable Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride/Epoxides/Lactide Mixtures: A Straightforward Approach to Block Copolymers with Unsaturated Polyester Sequences. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202200079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yu‐Bo Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite & Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University Tianjin 300350
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Rosetto G, Deacy AC, Williams CK. Mg(ii) heterodinuclear catalysts delivering carbon dioxide derived multi-block polymers. Chem Sci 2021; 12:12315-12325. [PMID: 34603661 PMCID: PMC8480424 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03856g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Carbon dioxide derived polymers are emerging as useful materials for applications spanning packaging, construction, house-hold goods and automotive components. To accelerate and broaden their uptake requires both more active and selective catalysts and greater structural diversity for the carbon dioxide derived polymers. Here, highly active catalysts show controllable selectivity for the enchainment of mixtures of epoxide, anhydride, carbon dioxide and lactone. Firstly, metal dependent selectivity differences are uncovered using a series of dinuclear catalysts, Mg(ii)Mg(ii), Zn(ii)Zn(ii), Mg(ii)Zn(ii), and Mg(ii)Co(ii), each exposed to mixtures of bio-derived tricyclic anhydride, cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide (1 bar). Depending upon the metal combinations, different block structures are possible with Zn(ii)Zn(ii) yielding poly(ester-b-carbonate); Mg(ii)Mg(ii) or Mg(ii)Co(ii) catalysts delivering poly(carbonate-b-ester); and Mg(ii)Zn(ii) furnishing a random copolymer. These results indicate that carbon dioxide insertion reactions follow the order Co(ii) > Mg(ii) > Zn(ii). Using the most active and selective catalyst, Mg(ii)Co(ii), and exploiting reversible on/off switches between carbon dioxide/nitrogen at 1 bar delivers precision triblock (ABA), pentablock (BABAB) and heptablock (ABABABA) polymers (where A = poly(cyclohexylene oxide-alt-tricyclic anhydride), PE; B = poly(cyclohexene carbonate), PCHC). The Mg(ii)Co(ii) catalyst also selectively polymerizes a mixture of anhydride, carbon dioxide, cyclohexene oxide and ε-caprolactone to deliver a CBABC pentablock copolymer (A = PE, B = PCHC C = poly(caprolactone), PCL). The catalysts combine high activity and selectivity to deliver new polymers featuring regularly placed carbon dioxide and biomass derived linkages.
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- Gloria Rosetto
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Rd Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Rd Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Rd Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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The synthesis of polymeric materials starting from CO2 as a feedstock is an active task of research. In particular, the copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides via ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) offers a simple, efficient route to synthesize aliphatic polycarbonates (APC). In many cases, APC display poor physical and chemical properties, limiting their range of application. The terpolymerization of CO2 with epoxides and organic anhydrides or cyclic esters offers the possibility, combining the ROCOP with ring-opening polymerization (ROP), to access a wide range of materials containing polycarbonate and polyester segments along the polymer chain, showing enhanced properties with respect to the simple APC. This review will cover the last advancements in the field, evidencing the crucial role of the catalytic system in determining the microstructural features of the final polymer.
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Yao Q, Chen Y, Wang Y, Yuan D, You H, Yao Y. Alternating copolymerization of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide initiated by rare-earth metal complexes stabilized by o-phenylenediamine-bridged tris(phenolate) ligand. J RARE EARTH 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2021.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Cyclic Anhydrides Catalyzed by Bimetallic Scorpionate Zinc Catalysts. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13101651. [PMID: 34069623 PMCID: PMC8161297 DOI: 10.3390/polym13101651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The catalytic activity and high selectivity reported by bimetallic heteroscorpionate acetate zinc complexes in ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) reactions involving CO2 as substrate encouraged us to expand their use as catalysts for ROCOP of cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and cyclic anhydrides. Among the catalysts tested for the ROCOP of CHO and phthalic anhydride at different reaction conditions, the most active catalytic system was the combination of complex 3 with bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium as cocatalyst in toluene at 80 °C. Once the optimal catalytic system was determined, the scope in terms of other cyclic anhydrides was broadened. The catalytic system was capable of copolymerizing selectively and efficiently CHO with phthalic, maleic, succinic and naphthalic anhydrides to afford the corresponding polyester materials. The polyesters obtained were characterized by spectroscopic, spectrometric, and calorimetric techniques. Finally, the reaction mechanism of the catalytic system was proposed based on stoichiometric reactions.
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Liang X, Tan F, Zhu Y. Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides With CO 2 and Cyclic Anhydrides for Biomedical Applications. Front Chem 2021; 9:647245. [PMID: 33959588 PMCID: PMC8093832 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.647245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The biomedical applications of polyesters and polycarbonates are of interest due to their potential biocompatibility and biodegradability. Confined by the narrow scope of monomers and the lack of controlled polymerization routes, the biomedical-related applications of polyesters and polycarbonates remain challenging. To address this challenge, ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) has been exploited to prepare new alternating polyesters and polycarbonates, which would be hard to synthesize using other controlled polymerization methods. This review highlights recent advances in catalyst development, including the emerging dinuclear organometallic complexes and metal-free Lewis pair systems. The post-polymerization modification methods involved in tailoring the biomedical functions of resultant polyesters and polycarbonates are summarized. Pioneering attempts for the biomedical applications of ROCOP polyesters and polycarbonates are presented, and the future opportunities and challenges are also highlighted.
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- Xue Liang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Highly Active CO2 Fixation into Cyclic Carbonates Catalyzed by Tetranuclear Aluminum Benzodiimidazole-Diylidene Adducts. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
A set of tetranuclear alkyl aluminum adducts 1 and 2 supported by benzodiimidazole-diylidene ligands L1, N,N’-(1,5-diisopropylbenzodiimidazole-2,6-diylidene)bis(propan-2-amine), and L2, N,N’-(1,5-dicyclohexyl-benzodiimidazole-2,6-diylidene)dicyclohexanamine were synthetized in exceptional yields and characterized by spectroscopic methods. These compounds were studied as catalysts for cyclic carbonate formation (3a–o) from their corresponding terminal epoxides (2a–o) and carbon dioxide utilizing tetrabutylammonium iodide as a nucleophile in the absence of a solvent. The experiments were carried out at 70 °C and 1 bar CO2 pressure for 24 h and adduct 1 was the most efficient catalyst for the synthesis of a large variety of monosubstituted cyclic carbonates with excellent conversions and yields.
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