Update and challenges in organo-mediated polymerization reactions

WN Ottou, H Sardon, D Mecerreyes, J Vignolle… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Organocatalysis has become a very powerful tool for precision macromolecular chemistry,
as judged by the number of articles published in this field in the past decade. A variety of …

Hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts for ring-opening polymerization

C Thomas, B Bibal - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters and carbonates, hydrogen-bonding
organocatalysis offers an interesting alternative to metal-based and enzymatic catalysis to …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

Ionic H-bonding organocatalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters and cyclic carbonates

J Xu, X Wang, J Liu, X Feng, Y Gnanou… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic monomers is a prevalent and convenient
method for the synthesis of well-defined polymers with initiators/catalysts that promote a …

CO2‐Sourced α‐Alkylidene Cyclic Carbonates: A Step Forward in the Quest for Functional Regioregular Poly(urethane)s and Poly(carbonate)s

S Gennen, B Grignard, T Tassaing… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Described is a robust platform for the synthesis of a large diversity of novel functional CO2‐
sourced polymers by exploiting the regiocontrolled ring‐opening of α‐alkylidene carbonates …

N-Heterocyclic Olefin-Based (Co)polymerization of a Challenging Monomer: Homopolymerization of ω-Pentadecalactone and Its Copolymers with γ-Butyrolactone, δ …

P Walther, S Naumann - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
A setup consisting of N-heterocylic olefins (NHOs) and several simple Lewis acids (such as
MgCl2 or LiCl) was employed to homopolymerize ω-pentadecalactone (PDL) and to …

Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide from Chiral Takemoto's Organocatalysts: Elucidation of Stereocontrol

B Orhan, MJL Tschan, AL Wirotius, AP Dove… - ACS Macro …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite significant advances in organocatalysis, stereoselective polymerization reactions
utilizing chiral organocatalysts have received very little attention, and much about the …

Click chemistry in the electrochemical systems: Toward the architecture of electrochemical (bio) sensors

KE Sekhosana, SA Majeed, U Feleni - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Click chemistry is considered one of the most powerful tools used to design a variety of
compounds or complexes including biomolecules, polymers, organometallics, organics …

Elucidating a unified mechanistic scheme for the DBU-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of lactide to poly (lactic acid)

NJ Sherck, HC Kim, YY Won - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of poly (lactic acid), PLA, is facile in the presence of the cyclic, organic
amidine catalyst 1, 8-diazabicyclo [5.4. 0] undec-7-ene, DBU. Since DBU's catalytic …

Sourcing, thermodynamics, and ring-opening (co) polymerization of substituted δ-lactones: a review

P McMichael, X Schultze, H Cramail, F Peruch - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental concerns have escalated due to the extensive production of polymers from
fossil resources and the resultant issues in waste management and environmental pollution …