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 …

Polyesters are omnipresent in our everyday lives and their synthesis via eco-friendly
methods is becoming a major challenge today. The co-polymerization of cyclic anhydrides …

Organic catalysis in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) has become a powerful alternative
to more traditional metal-based catalysts. The field has developed to a point at which there …

Much work has been directed to the design of complex single-site catalysts for ring-opening
polymerization (ROP) to enhance both activity and selectivity. More simply, however …

A new class of H-bond donating ureas was developed for the ring-opening polymerization
(ROP) of lactone monomers, and they exhibit dramatic rate acceleration versus previous H …

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 …

The ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone catalyzed by the phosphoric acid (PhO)
2P (O) OH (PA) or the phosphoramidic acid (PhO) 2P (O) NH (SO2CF3)(PAA) has been …

The mechanism of ring-opening of ε-caprolactone by methanol catalyzed by
trifluoromethane and methane sulfonic acids has been studied computationally at the DFT …

This review summarizes the current literature regarding stereocomplexation of different
polyesters based on α‐as well as β‐hydroxy acids beyond the well‐known poly (lactic acid) …

Hammett-style free energy studies of (thio) urea/MTBD mediated ring-opening
polymerization (ROP) of δ-valerolactone reveal the complicated interplay of reagents that …