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BACKGROUND: Typically, oxazolinyl metal complexes are synthesized in two steps, where the free ligand is prepared by the condensation reaction between a functionalized nitrile and an amino alcohol in the presence of a Lewis or Brønsted acid catalyst, followed by a further reaction with metal salts to obtain the corresponding metal complexes. Very often, the yield afforded by the two-step procedure is not high, and very few oxazolinyl zinc complexes have been prepared by this route. Given that metal-oxazoline complexes often contain Lewis acidic metals, it is conceivable that the two steps may be telescoped. RESULTS: A series of novel chiral organozinc complexes 1-15 were assembled in a single step, All crystalline compounds were fully characterized, including the report of 15 X-ray crystal structures, including a wide structural diversity. CONCLUSIONS: A series of novel chiral organozinc complexes were assembled in a single step, from nitriles, chiral D/L amino alcohols, and a stoichiometric amount of ZnCl2, with moderate to high yields (20-90%).
ABSTRACT
The coupling form of the polymeric-inorganic component and the relation between intermolecular special hydrogen bonding interaction and the microstructure of crystallizable polymer, as well as micro-phase separation scale in non-covalently coupled poly (epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL)/silica (SiO2) hybrid materials were investigated by means of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results show that the coupling form between PCL and SiO2 mainly depend on a strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding interaction in the hybrid system. The hydrogen bonding strength increases with increasing TEOS content, while the crystallization of PCL decreases, and the optical transparency of hybrid materials increases. In addition, it affects the scale of micro-phase separation in hybrid materials.
