Cyclic ethylene phosphates with (CH2)nCOOR and CH2CONMe2 substituents: synthesis and mechanistic insights of diverse reactivity in aryloxy-Mg complex-catalyzed (co)polymerization

Herein we present a comparative study of the reactivity of ethylene phosphates with –O(CH 2 ) n COOMe ( n = 1–3, 5), –CH 2 COO t Bu, –OCHMeCOOMe, and –OCH 2 CONMe 2 substituents in BHT-Mg catalyzed ROP.