ArticleChemical science2022
Chain end-group selectivity using an organometallic Al(iii)/K(i) ring-opening copolymerization catalyst delivers high molar mass, monodisperse polyesters.
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- Simplifying the problem: metal salts can be active and controlled catalysts in polyester synthesis.Chemical science · 2026Review
- Controlled Catalysis Delivering High Molecular Weight Polyesters as Recyclable Alternatives to Polystyrenes.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- From Polymers to Rings and Back Again: Chemical Recycling of Polyesters to Macrolactones.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Selective Copolymerization from Mixed Monomers of Phthalic Anhydride, Propylene Oxide and Lactide Using Nano-Sized Zinc Glutarate.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Synergic Catalysis: the Importance of Intermetallic Separation in Co(III)K(I) Catalysts for Ring Opening Copolymerizations.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Cyclic ether and anhydride ring opening copolymerisation delivering new ABB sequences in poly(ester-Chemical science · 2024Article
- High Molar Mass Polycarbonates as Closed-Loop Recyclable Thermoplastics.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Al(III)/K(I) Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalysts Showing Fast Rates and High Selectivity for Polyester Polyols.ACS catalysis · 2024Article
- Development of Heterobimetallic Al/Mg Complexes for the Very Rapid Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides.Inorganic chemistry · 2023Article
- Ring Opening Copolymerization of Boron-Containing Anhydride with Epoxides as a Controlled Platform to Functional Polyesters.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
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Abstract
Polyesters are important plastics, elastomers and fibres; efficient and selective polymerizations making predictable, high molar mass polymers are required. Here, a new type of catalyst for the ring-opening polymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides and anhydrides combines unusually high chain end-group selectivity, fast rates, and good molar mass control. The organometallic heterodinuclear Al(iii)/K(i) complex, applied with a diol, is tolerant to a range of epoxides/phthalic anhydride and produces only α,ω-hydroxyl telechelic polyesters with molar masses from 6-91 kg mol
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