PMID- 30048018 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20181011 LR - 20181011 IS - 1521-3765 (Electronic) IS - 0947-6539 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 56 DP - 2018 Oct 9 TI - Single-Site, Organometallic Aluminum Catalysts for the Precise Group Transfer Polymerization of Michael-Type Monomers. PG - 14950-14957 LID - 10.1002/chem.201802075 [doi] AB - Unlike different types of Lewis pairs as polymerization catalysts for acrylic monomers, organometallic aluminum(III) compounds are reported that show a surprisingly high polymerization activity even without an additional Lewis base. DFT calculations, end group analysis and kinetic investigations clearly suggest a main group element (MGE) group transfer polymerization (GTP) mechanism analogous to the known metal-mediated GTP mechanism. The novel catalysts perform a precision polymerization of a broad variety of monomers, ranging from 2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline to tert-butylmethacrylate and N,N-dimethylacrylamide. Additionally, extended Michael-type structures like 4-vinyl pyridine are accessible. Especially the Al(III) half-metallocenes show an almost quantitative initiator efficiency, and, combined with the living character of the polymerization reactions, they enable the synthesis of block copolymers, even with unconventional monomers like vinyl phosphonates. CI - (c) 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Weger, Michael AU - Weger M AD - Catalysis Research Center & WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Giuman, Marco M AU - Giuman MM AD - Catalysis Research Center & WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Knaus, Maximilian G AU - Knaus MG AD - Catalysis Research Center & WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Ackermann, Maximilian AU - Ackermann M AD - Catalysis Research Center & WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Drees, Markus AU - Drees M AD - Catalysis Research Center &, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Hornung, Julius AU - Hornung J AD - Catalysis Research Center &, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Altmann, Philipp J AU - Altmann PJ AD - Catalysis Research Center &, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Fischer, Roland A AU - Fischer RA AD - Catalysis Research Center &, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. FAU - Rieger, Bernhard AU - Rieger B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0023-884X AD - Catalysis Research Center & WACKER-Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching bei Munchen, Germany. LA - eng GR - Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes/ GR - Verband der Chemischen Industrie/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180906 PL - Germany TA - Chemistry JT - Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) JID - 9513783 OTO - NOTNLM OT - block copolymers OT - density functional theory calculations OT - group transfer polymerization OT - main group elements OT - polar monomers EDAT- 2018/07/27 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/27 06:01 CRDT- 2018/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/07/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/chem.201802075 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemistry. 2018 Oct 9;24(56):14950-14957. doi: 10.1002/chem.201802075. Epub 2018 Sep 6.