The controlled synthesis of block copolymers offers great potential for the valorization of
biodegradable polyesters, many of which can be bioderived. Combining polyester blocks …

Transforming renewable resources into functional and degradable polymers is driven by the
ever‐increasing demand to replace unsustainable polyolefins. However, the utility of many …

Spiro-orthoesters, produced from the coupling of lactones and epoxides, are presequenced
monomers capable of generating alternating poly (ether-alt-esters) after ring-opening …

Polyepichlorohydrin (PECH) is a functional polyether first synthesized in the 1950's by the
catalytic ring opening polymerization of epichlorohydrin (ECH), its inexpensive epoxide pre …

Switchable catalysis is a useful one-pot method to prepare block polyesters utilising a single
catalyst exposed to a mixture of monomers. The catalyst is switched between lactone ring …

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 …

Many complexes based on group 13 elements have been successfully applied as catalysts
for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 and to date these have …

Group 13 metal complexes have emerged as powerful catalysts for transforming CO2 into
added-value products. However, direct comparisons of reactivity between Al, Ga, and In …

The diamino-bis (phenolate) chromium (III) complex, CrCl [L], 1 where [L]=
dimethylaminoethylamino-N, N-bis (2-methylene-4, 6-tert-butylphenolate) when pre …

We report the alternating copolymerization of caprolactone and epoxide through the in situ
formation of pre-sequenced spiroorthoester monomer. The reaction is catalyzed by the …