(32) Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 6126 – 6139


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“Effect of steric changes on the isoselectivity of dinuclear indium catalysts for lactide polymerization”

Functionalized diaminophenolates as ligands for dinuclear indium catalysts were investigated in the ring-opening polymerization of lactide.  An increase in the steric bulk of the ligand phenolates decreases the selectivity of the catalyts due to catalyst dissociation during polymerization.