New insights into the mechanism of activation of atom transfer radical polymerization by Cu(I) complexes

Patrizia De Paoli; Abdirisak A Isse; Nicola Bortolamei; Armando Gennaro

doi:10.1039/c1cc10195a

New insights into the mechanism of activation of atom transfer radical polymerization by Cu(I) complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Mar 28;47(12):3580-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10195a. Epub 2011 Feb 16.

Authors

Patrizia De Paoli¹, Abdirisak A Isse, Nicola Bortolamei, Armando Gennaro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.

PMID: 21327281
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10195a

Abstract

The kinetics of activation of RX by a Cu(I) complex has been investigated in MeCN both in the absence and presence of halide ions. The system Cu(I)/L/X(-) (L = Me(6)TREN) is mainly composed of Cu(I)L(+), XCu(I)L and Cu(I)X(2)(-), but only Cu(I)L(+) is found to be an active catalyst reacting with RX.