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Abstract Copper(II), cadmium(II) and zinc(II) complexes containing N-methyl-N-((pyridine-2-yl)methyl)benzeneamine (npmb) ligand have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Molecular structures of Cu(II) and Cd(II) complexes revealed dimeric structures with square… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Copper(II), cadmium(II) and zinc(II) complexes containing N-methyl-N-((pyridine-2-yl)methyl)benzeneamine (npmb) ligand have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Molecular structures of Cu(II) and Cd(II) complexes revealed dimeric structures with square pyramidal and distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries, respectively, involving two nitrogen atoms, two bridged and one terminal halogen ligands. However, the monomeric Zn(II) complex showed a distorted tetrahedral geometry around the Zn centre. [(npmb)ZnCl2] exhibited the higher catalytic activity (2.88 × 104 g PMMA/molZn·h) for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO) at 60 °C and yielded high molecular weight (11.1 g/mol × 105) syndiotactic-enriched poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) compared to its Cu(II) and Cd(II) analogues.
Journal Title: Inorganica Chimica Acta
Year Published: 2019
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