This review describes the recent advances (from 2008 onwards) in the use of Schiff-base
metal complexes as catalysts for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters. The …

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 …

Conspectus Inexorably, the environmental persistence and damage caused by polyolefins
have become major drawbacks to their continued long-term use. Global shifts in thinking …

A methodology for controlling aggregation in highly active and isoselective indium catalysts
for the ring opening polymerization of racemic lactide is reported. A series of racemic and …

Neutral heavier group 13 metals aluminum, gallium, and indium have been utilized as Lewis
acid catalysts in various organic transformations ranging from classical organic reactions to …

This review describes recent advances in the synthesis of homopolymers of lactide and
related cyclic esters via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) in the presence of metal …

This review highlights the ongoing developments on the ring-opening polymerization (ROP)
of lactide (LA) and caprolactone (CL) using mononuclear and dinuclear β-diketiminate-and …

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 …

A series of five iron and aluminum complexes bearing {ONSO} imine thiobis (phenolate)
ligands have been prepared and applied to the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac …

The impact of the metal size and Lewis acidity on the polymerization activity of group 13
metal complexes was studied, and it was shown that, within the same ligand family, indium …