Abstract
Polyisobutylene (PIB)-bound ruthenium bipyridine [Ru(PIB-bpy) 3]2+ metal complexes were prepared from PIB ligands formed by alkylation of 4,4′-dimethylbipyridine with polyisobutylene bromide. The product Ru(PIB-bpy)3Cl2 complexes with at least one PIB ligand per bipyridine unit function as soluble recyclable photoredox catalysts in free radical polymerization of acrylate monomers under visible light irradiation at 25 C with ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate as the initiator in the presence of diisopropylethylamine. The polyacrylate products contained only about 1 ppm Ru contamination. This PIB-bound catalyst was recyclable and showed about 50-fold less Ru leaching as compared to Ru leaching in a polymerization catalyzed by the low molecular weight Ru catalyst, Ru(bpy)3(PF 6)2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 571-574 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | ACS Macro Letters |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |