Liquid coordination complexes as a new class of catalysts for the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene

A number of acidic liquid coordination complexes (LCCs) based on phosphorus-containing electron donors such as tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (POct3O), triphenylphosphine oxide (PPh3O) or triphenylphoshine (PPh3), and Lewis acids (AlCl3, FeCl3, TiCl4) have been synthesized and tested as catalysts of cationic polymerization of isobutylene. Among different LCCs studied, POct3O–AlCl3 and POct3O–FeCl3 (χ(MCl3) = 0.60) in combination with...