The invention relates to the technical field of
polymer synthesis, and discloses a chiral
zinc-based catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that a phenylenediamine derivative and a halogenated
carboxylic acid compound are taken to react, and a halogenated
benzimidazole derivative is obtained; carrying out
nucleophilic substitution reaction on the halogenated
benzimidazole derivative and an aminophenol compound in an
organic solvent to obtain a
tridentate ligand; the
tridentate ligand and a
zinc source compound are subjected to a complexation reaction in an
organic solvent to obtain the chiral
zinc-based catalyst. The chiral zinc-based catalyst has a tridentate chiral
active center with an adjustable coordination environment, and can induce the
monomer to be inserted in a specific stereoregularity mode in the ring-opening
polymerization process of the
lactone monomer, so that the stereoregularity of the polyhydroxyalkanoate is improved; according to the invention, on the premise of ensuring high
monomer conversion rate, collaborative regulation of
polymer molecular weight and molecular
weight distribution is realized, and preparation of polyhydroxyalkanoate with high molecular weight, narrow molecular
weight distribution and high stereoregularity is facilitated.