High performance biodegradable polymers (eg, aliphatic polyesters) that can display
properties that rival polyolefins are seen as future high demand materials for a variety of …

The aim of the present review is to highlight the most recent achievements in different fields
of application of salen-based zinc and aluminum complexes. More specifically this article …

B/N Lewis pairs have been discovered to catalyze rapid epimerization of meso-lactide (LA)
or LA diastereomers quantitatively into rac-LA. The obtained rac-LA is kinetically …

Polylactide (PLA) is currently considered as a major polymer which could serve as a
potential substitute to the widely used petroleum-based plastics. It is typically produced by …

A salen ligand and its derivatives salan and salalen, bearing the same substituents on the
phenolate rings, have been synthesized and then used for the preparation of the …

Three dinuclear aluminum alkyl complexes of the general formula LAl2Me4, where L are
salen ligands with an alkyl backbone of different lengths between the nitrogen atoms (1, 3 …

Copolymers are the answer to property limitations of homopolymers. In order to use the full
variety of monomers available, catalysts active in more than one polymerization mechanism …

Stereoblock polylactide (PLA) shows higher melting temperatures and better mechanical
properties than other PLA stereoisomers. More stereoselective and active catalysts are …

A bimetallic salen aluminum complex (1), where salen is N, N-bis (4, 6-di-tert-butyl
salicylaldimine)-1, 3-propylendiamine, was tested as a catalyst for the ring opening …

We introduce an air-and moisture-stable hydroxy-bridged indium salan complex as a highly
active and controlled catalyst for the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters in air. The …