Catalytic metal-based systems for controlled statistical copolymerisation of lactide with a lactone

E Stirling, Y Champouret, M Visseaux - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

From terpenes to sustainable and functional polymers

F Della Monica, AW Kleij - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Our dependence on fossil-fuel based raw materials and alarming plastics accumulation in
the environment has inspired many scientists to design and implement more sustainable …

Metal Complexes Bearing Sulfur-Containing Ligands as Catalysts in the Reaction of CO2 with Epoxides

V Paradiso, V Capaccio, DH Lamparelli… - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coupling of CO2 with epoxides is a green emerging alternative for the synthesis of cyclic
organic carbonates (COC) and aliphatic polycarbonates (APC). The scope of this work is to …

Stereoselective polymerization of biosourced terpenes β-myrcene and β-ocimene and their copolymerization with styrene promoted by titanium catalysts

M Naddeo, A Buonerba, E Luciano, A Grassi, A Proto… - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
The stereoselective polymerization of β-myrcene and β-ocimene and their binary
copolymerization with styrene promoted by titanium complexes dichloro {1, 4 …

Synthesis and Characterization of Biobased Polyesters with Tunable Tg by ROCOP of Beta-Elemene Oxides and Phthalic Anhydride

FD Monica, AW Kleij - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of terpene-based oxides derived from β-elemene is reported in the context of new
functional semiaromatic polyester development. In particular, poly (β-elemene monoxide-alt …

Use of titanocalix [4] arenes in the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters

Z Sun, Y Zhao, O Santoro, MRJ Elsegood… - Catalysis Science & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The known dichloride complexes [TiCl2L (O) 2 (OR) 2](type I: R= Me (1), n-Pr (2) and n-
pentyl (3); L (OH) 2 (OR) 2= 1, 3-dialkyloxy-p-tert-butylcalix [4] arene), together with the new …

Cooperative heterometallic catalysts: balancing activity and control in PCL-block-PLA copolymer synthesis

MA Rahman, TJ Neal, JA Garden - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterometallic cooperativity is gaining momentum in cyclic ester ring-opening
polymerisation, yet remains surprisingly underexplored in their block copolymerisations …

[OSSO]-bisphenolate metal complexes: A powerful and versatile tool in polymerization catalysis

V Paradiso, V Capaccio, DH Lamparelli… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the report of the stereospecific polymerization of styrene dated 2003, metal complexes
bearing [OSSO]-bisphenolate ligands have been successfully applied in different branches …

Highly efficient and well-controlled ROP and copolymerization of cyclic esters using a cesium complex

S Sagar, H Karmakar, P Nath, A Sarkar… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A cesium imino-phosphanamidinate,[{NHIDippP (Ph) NDipp} Cs], enabling efficient ring-
opening (co) polymerization of rac-LA and ε-CL is disclosed. Owing to the highly controlled …

Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters by a versatile aluminum Diphenoxyimine Complex: From polylactide to random copolymers

FM Garcia-Valle, T Cuenca, MEG Mosquera… - European polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Aluminum complex [AlMeL 2](1),(L= N-(2, 6-diisopropylphenyl)-phenoxyimine),
promotes the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-and rac-lactide, and the …