Vinyl and Alkynyl Substituted Heterocycles as Privileged Scaffolds in Transition Metal Promoted Stereoselective Synthesis

D Ghorai, BL Tóth, M Lanzi… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Biologically active compounds and pharmaceutically relevant intermediates
often feature sterically congested stereogenic centers, in particular, carbon stereocenters …

Ring‐opening Polymerization of Enantiopure Bicyclic Ether‐ester Monomers toward Closed‐loop Recyclable and Crystalline Stereoregular Polyesters via Chemical …

Z Li, D Zhao, Y Shen, Z Li - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although great successes have been achieved, the preparation of closed‐loop recyclable
polyesters with high working temperatures still remains as a big challenge. Herein, we …

Ring-opening polymerization of a seven-membered lactone toward a biocompatible, degradable, and recyclable semi-aromatic polyester

MQ Li, ZX Luo, XY Yu, GQ Tian, G Wu, SC Chen… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of polymer materials and their improper disposal have resulted in
significant environmental pollution and wastage of resources. Therefore, the design of …

Triazabicyclodecene: A versatile catalyst for polymer synthesis

JG Kim, GS Lee, A Lee - Journal of Polymer Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This comprehensive review aims to provide an in‐depth analysis of the catalytic
performance of 1, 5, 7‐triazabicyclo [4, 4, 0] dec‐5‐ene (TBD) in polymer synthesis. TBD, a …

A facile approach towards high-performance poly (thioether-thioester) s with full recyclability

J Dai, W Xiong, MR Du, G Wu, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Science China Chemistry, 2023 - Springer
Developing new chemically recyclable polymers is important for a circular plastics economy.
Herein, we prepared a class of 1, 4-dithian-2-one (DTO) with thioether and thioester …

Leveraging the monomer structure for high-performance chemically recyclable semiaromatic polyesters

HZ Fan, X Yang, YC Wu, Q Cao, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of inexpensive and high-performance chemically recyclable polymers
serves as a promising strategy for solving the issues regarding plastic pollution. In the …

Mechanism‐Guided Design of Chain‐Growth Click Polymerization Based on a Thiol‐Michael Reaction

S Jiang, H Huang - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of chain‐growth click polymerization is challenging yet desirable in
modern polymer chemistry. In this work, we reported a novel chain‐growth click …

Modulating Polymerization Behaviors of Ether–Ester Monomers and Physicochemical Properties of Poly(ether-alt-ester)s by Heteroatom Substitutions

M Wang, Z Ding, X Shi, Z Ma, B Wang, Y Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design of cyclic monomers is crucial for the development of polymers with ideal thermal
and mechanical properties by ring-opening polymerization. Herein, we provide a systematic …

Regioselective copolymerization of epoxides and phthalic thioanhydride to produce isotacticity-rich semiaromatic polythioesters

TJ Yue, LY Wang, WM Ren, XB Lu - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The copolymerization of epoxides with phthalic thioanhydride (PTA) constitutes a
straightforward route to diverse semiaromatic polythioesters. However, the obtained …

Solubility-Equilibrium-Assisted Kinetic Resolution Polymerization toward Isotactic Polyesters Containing Axial Chirality

Q Cao, HZ Fan, M Xie, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
High-level control over polymer stereochemistry leverages the fine-tuning of material
properties, but it is still a formidable challenge in synthetic polymer chemistry. Herein we …