Sterically Induced Ligand Framework Distortion Effects on Catalytic Cyclic Ester Polymerizations

TOC Graphic Published In Inorganic Chemistry Authors Joahanna A. Macaranas, Anna M. Luke, Mukunda Mandal, Benjamin D. Neisen, Daniel J. Marell, Christopher J. Cramer*, and William B. Tolman* Citation Macaranas, J. A.; Luke, A. M.; Mandal, M.; Neisen, B. D.; Marell, D. J.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Sterically Induced Ligand Framework Distortion Effects on Catalytic Cyclic Ester Polymerizations. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 3451–3457. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00250. Express Summary Effectiveness of aluminum salen complexes with o-adamantyl substituents in initiating the polymerization of ε-caprolactone was compared to that of similar salen catalysts having o-tbutyl substituents.