Accepted Manuscript Zinc bis-pyrrolide-imine complexes: Synthesis, structure and application in ring- opening polymerization of rac-lactide Alessandra Caovilla, Juliana S. Penning, Adriana C. Pinheiro, Frederic Hild, Rafael Stieler, Samuel Dagorne, Osvaldo L. Casagrande, Jr., Marcelo P. Gil PII: S0022-328X(18)30211-0 DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.03.040 Reference: JOM 20390 To appear in: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry Received Date: 12 January 2018 Revised Date: 19 March 2018 Accepted Date: 27 March 2018 Please cite this article as: A. Caovilla, J.S. Penning, A.C. Pinheiro, F. Hild, R. Stieler, S. Dagorne, O.L. Casagrande Jr., M.P. Gil, Zinc bis-pyrrolide-imine complexes: Synthesis, structure and application in ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2018), doi: 10.1016/ j.jorganchem.2018.03.040. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.