Molecular Dynamics and Ligand Exchange in Magnesium Complexes: Evidence for Both Dissociative and Associative Ligand Exchange.

Making a swap: The titled studies provide substantial evidence for the kinetically labile Mg2+ ion reacting through both a dissociative (see scheme; thf=tetrahydrofuran) and an associative interchange mechanism. The findings are particularly relevant to the reactions involving [LMgnBu(thf)] and rac-lactide in ring-opening polymerization reactions. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.