Sourcing, thermodynamics, and ring-opening (co) polymerization of substituted δ-lactones: a review

P McMichael, X Schultze, H Cramail, F Peruch - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental concerns have escalated due to the extensive production of polymers from
fossil resources and the resultant issues in waste management and environmental pollution …

Boosting the Reactivity of Bis-Lactones to Enable Step-Growth Polymerization at Room Temperature

M Ximenis, J Monot, E Gabirondo, J Jeschke… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of new sustainable polymeric materials endowed with improved
performances but minimal environmental impact is a major concern, with polyesters as …

Ring-Opening Copolymerization of α-Hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone and ε-Caprolactone. Toward the Metal-Free Synthesis of Functional Polyesters

C Pascouau, R Méreau, E Grau… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organocatalysis has been widely developed over the past decades as an alternative to
metal-based catalysis. The actual concerns have also promoted the development of …

Progress of ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters catalyzed by iron compounds

Y Wang, X Wang, W Zhang, WH Sun - Organometallics, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic polyesters such as polylactide (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCL) have attracted
much attention due to their prominent features of environmentally friendly materials with …

Organocatalysis applied to the ring‐opening polymerization of β‐lactones: A brief overview

A Khalil, S Cammas‐Marion… - Journal of Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organocatalysis offers a number of prospects in the polymer community and presents
advantages over metal based and bio‐organic methods. The use of organic molecules for …

Recent developments in ring-opening polymerization of lactones

P Lecomte, C Jérôme - Synthetic biodegradable polymers, 2012 - Springer
Polylactones are important biodegradable and biocompatible environmentally friendly
polyesters widely used for many applications and more particularly for biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Ring Opening Polymerization of Six-and Eight-Membered Racemic Cyclic Esters for Biodegradable Materials

A Grillo, Y Rusconi, MC D'Alterio, C De Rosa… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The low percentage of recyclability of the polymeric materials obtained by olefin transition
metal (TM) polymerization catalysis has increased the interest in their substitution with more …

From controlled ring-opening polymerization to biodegradable aliphatic polyester: Especially poly (β-malic acid) derivatives

O Coulembier, P Degée, JL Hedrick… - Progress in Polymer …, 2006 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymers represent a class of extremely useful materials for many
biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, as exemplified by drug delivery systems, which …

Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters: synthesis of new polyester microstructures

CM Thomas - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesis of aliphatic polyesters has been studied intensively due to their biocompatible and
biodegradable properties and their potential applications in medical and agricultural fields …

Recent development of alkali metal complex promoted iso-selective ring-opening polymerization of rac-Lactide

J Bhattacharjee, A Sarkar, TK Panda - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyesters especially polylactide (PLA) are one of the most important and extensively
studied biodegradable polymers for their use in medicine, agriculture, packaging, and drug …