Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers

F Fiorentini, WT Diment, AC Deacy, RWF Kerr… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the chemistry underpinning intermetallic synergy and the discovery of
generally applicable structure-performances relationships are major challenges in catalysis …

Coordination ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters: A critical overview of DFT modeling and visualization of the reaction mechanisms

I Nifant'ev, P Ivchenko - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters (lactones, lactides, cyclic carbonates
and phosphates) is an effective tool to synthesize biocompatible and biodegradable …

Calixarene-metal complexes in lactide polymerization: The story so far

G Sachdeva, Y Bamal, A Ladan, OS Tiwari, V Rawat… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polylactide synthetic procedures have lately gained attention, possibly due to their
biocompatibility and the environmental problems associated with fossil-fuel-based polymers …

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 …

Dinuclear Zinc–N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for Either the Controlled Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Lactide or the Controlled Degradation of Polylactide …

C Fliedel, D Vila‐Viçosa, MJ Calhorda… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the synthesis of the new Zn–N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) alkoxide
complexes [(S, CNHC) ZnCl (OBn)] 2 (5) and [(O, CNHC) ZnCl (OBn)] 2 (6) for use as ring …

Metal and Ligand-Substituent Effects in the Immortal Polymerization of rac-Lactide with Li, Na, and K Phenoxo-imine Complexes

FM García-Valle, R Estivill, C Gallegos, T Cuenca… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of lithium, sodium, and potassium complexes with phenoxo-imine ligands M [(O-2-
(RN CH) C6H4][R= C6H5; 2-t BuC6H5; 2, 6-i Pr2C6H3] and [O-2-(RN CH)-4, 6-t …

Highly Iso-Selective and Active Catalysts of Sodium and Potassium Monophenoxides Capped by a Crown Ether for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide

J Zhang, J Xiong, Y Sun, N Tang, J Wu - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Sodium and potassium complexes supported by a bulky monophenoxy with one xanthenyl
group at the ortho-position and 18-crown-6 or 15-crown-5 as an auxiliary ligand were …

Stereoselective Alkali-Metal Catalysts for Highly Isotactic Poly(rac-lactide) Synthesis

Y Sun, J Xiong, Z Dai, X Pan, N Tang, J Wu - Inorganic Chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
A high degree of chain end control in the isoselective ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of
rac-lactide is a challenging research goal. In this work, eight highly active sodium and …

Mono-BHT heteroleptic magnesium complexes: Synthesis, molecular structure and catalytic behavior in the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

IE Nifant'Ev, AV Shlyakhtin, VV Bagrov… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous heteroleptic 2, 6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenolate (BHT) magnesium complexes
have been synthesized by treatment of (BHT) MgBu (THF) 2 with various alcohols. Molecular …

Iso-Selective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Catalyzed by Crown Ether Complexes of Sodium and Potassium Naphthalenolates

J Xiong, J Zhang, Y Sun, Z Dai, X Pan, J Wu - Inorganic chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Two crown ether complexes of sodium and potassium naphthalenolates were synthesized
and entirely characterized. The two complexes can iso-selectively catalyze the ring-opening …