Organocatalytic depolymerization of poly (trimethylene carbonate)

K Fukushima, Y Watanabe, T Ueda… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… In this study, the efficacy of organocatalysts for depolymerization of poly(trimethylene
carbonate) (PTMC), a representative aliphatic polycarbonate, is investigated using several organic …

Organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate to yield a biodegradable polycarbonate

JMW Chan, X Zhang, MK Brennan… - Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
… (18, 25-27) By using a primary alcohol initiator such as 1-pyrenebutanol, polymerization of
a cyclic carbonate such as trimethylene carbonate (TMC) can be readily initiated by catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradable functional biomaterials exploiting substituted trimethylene carbonates and organocatalytic transesterification

K Fukushima - Polymer Journal, 2016 - nature.com
poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) analogs with various substituents derived from 2,2-bis(methylol)propionic
acid. In addition, organocatalytic … The organocatalytic depolymerization

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalysis for depolymerisation

C Jehanno, MM Pérez-Madrigal, J Demarteau… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
… of depolymerisation. In this review, we highlight the recent advances made by applying
organocatalysts, … Indeed, organocatalysis is envisaged as a promising tool to reach a circular and …

[HTML][HTML] Upcycling of BPA-PC into trimethylene carbonate by solvent assisted organocatalysed depolymerisation

I Olazabal, E Luna, S De Meester, C Jehanno… - Polymer …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
… formation of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) in high yields (up to 80%) from the depolymerisation
of … Combined with an optimised organocatalytic system, this method renders possible the …

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalysis: A paradigm shift in the synthesis of aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates

K Fukushima, K Nozaki - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
… Since these depolymerization reactions are conducted under solvent free conditions with …
of the high temperature conditions for depolymerization of PET as well as repolymerization of …

Opportunities for organocatalysis in polymer synthesis via step-growth methods

A Bossion, KV Heifferon, L Meabe, N Zivic… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
… the recent advances in organocatalysis in step growth … polyesters and polyurethanes using
organocatalysis, however, … , which have recently employed organocatalysts. Moreover, the …

Organocatalytic synthesis of new telechelic polycarbonates and study of their chemical reactivity

S Bigot, N Kebir, L Plasseraud, F Burel - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
… [14] have prepared telechelic oligomers by depolymerization of … carbonate using lanthanum
catalyst [16], or also by ring opening polymerization (ROP) of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) …

A Simple and Facile Approach to Aliphatic N-Substituted Functional Eight-Membered Cyclic Carbonates and Their Organocatalytic Polymerization

S Venkataraman, VWL Ng, DJ Coady… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
… monomer was possible via thermal depolymerization of low molecular weight oligomers. …
to that of trimethylene carbonate (TMC), a commercially available 6-membered cyclic carbonate

Chemically recyclable polymer materials: polymerization and depolymerization cycles

G Xu, Q Wang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
… Furthermore, Enthaler reported a method for the depolymerization of nylon 6 to N-acetylcaprolactam
using DMAP as organocatalyst and acetic anhydride as depolymerization reagent …