Simple and Efficient Zinc Catalysts for Synthesis and Chemical Degradation of Polyesters

F Santulli, D Pappalardo, M Lamberti… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of zinc complexes supported by tridentate imino-phenolate ligands with different
substituents on the phenolate ring and bearing a pyridyl ring as an additional coordinative …

N-Heterocyclic carbene-initiated epoxide/anhydride ring-opening copolymerization: effective and selective organoinitiators for the production of various polyesters

G Printz, RG Shuvo, A Schweizer, D Ryzhakov… - Polymer …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The present report describes the first use of unprotected and “free” N-heterocyclic carbenes
(NHCs), such as IMes, IPr and air-stable Cl-IPr carbenes, as single component initiators for …

Simple divalent metal salts as robust and efficient initiators for the ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide

PA Lowy, JA Garden - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Simple divalent metal benzoxides are reported as robust and efficient catalysts for lactide
(LA) polymerisation. Following a “pre-stir” step to aid solubility, the best performing catalyst …

Potassium phenoxides bearing bulky yet flexible substituents as highly active catalysts for ring opening polymerization of biobased macrolactone of ethylene …

X Wang, W Zhao, H Liu, M Han, C Zhang… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Well-controlled and efficient ring opening polymerization of biobased ethylene brassylate is
of great challenge due to its stainless ring structure that often results in inferior reactivities as …

Schiff‐Base Aluminum Complexes as Bifunctional Catalysts for the Selective Ring‐Opening Co‐Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Succinic Anhydride

S Russo, F Isnard, C Costabile, M Lamberti… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ring‐opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides is
emerging as a powerful method for the synthesis of polyesters with innovative structures and …

Salen-like Chromium and Aluminum Complexes as Catalysts in the Copolymerization of Epoxides with Cyclic Anhydrides for the Synthesis of Polyesters

F Santulli, I Grimaldi, D Pappalardo, M Lamberti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chromium and aluminum complexes bearing salalen ligands were explored as catalysts for
the ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of succinic (SA), maleic (MA), and phthalic (PA) …