Intermolecular Diels-Alder cycloadditions of furfural-based chemicals from renewable resources: a focus on the regio-and diastereoselectivity in the reaction with …

KI Galkin, VP Ananikov - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
A recent strong trend toward green and sustainable chemistry has promoted the intensive
use of renewable carbon sources for the production of polymers, biofuels, chemicals …

Diels–Alder Cycloadditions of Bio-Derived Furans with Maleimides as a Sustainable «Click» Approach towards Molecular, Macromolecular and Hybrid Systems

KI Galkin, IV Sandulenko, AV Polezhaev - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
This mini-review highlights the recent research trends in designing organic or organic-
inorganic hybrid molecular, biomolecular and macromolecular systems employing …

Catalytic syntheses of degradable polymers via ring-opening metathesis copolymerization using vinyl ethers as chain transfer agents

A Mandal, I Mandal, AFM Kilbinger - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Commercially available Vince lactam and its derivatives are copolymerized with 2, 3-
dihydrofuran (DHF) in a living fashion based on the unique reactivity of Ru Fischer carbene …

Catalytic Living Ring‐Opening Metathesis Polymerization Using Vinyl Ethers as Effective Chain‐Transfer Agents

A Mandal, I Mandal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A catalytic living ring‐opening metathesis copolymerization (ROMP) method is described
that relies on a degenerative, reversible and regioselective exchange of propagating Fischer …

Living Alternating Ring‐Opening Metathesis Copolymerization of 2, 3‐Dihydrofuran to Provide Completely Degradable Polymers

T An, H Ryu, TL Choi - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dihydrofuran (DHF) has recently been gaining significant attention as a comonomer in
metathesis polymerization, thanks to its ability to provide the resultant polymer backbones …

Chain transfer agents for the catalytic ring opening metathesis polymerization of norbornenes

I Mandal, A Mandal, MA Rahman, AFM Kilbinger - Chemical science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we present a detailed study of the metathesis activity of conjugated 1, 3 diene
derivatives in ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) using Grubbs' 3rd generation …

User Guide to Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of endo-Norbornene Monomers with Chelated Initiators

HL Cater, I Balynska, MJ Allen, BD Freeman… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of facile synthetic strategies to access well-defined polymers promises to
provide advanced soft materials with functionality that rivals that observed from nature. To …

Reconfiguration and reorganization of bottlebrush polymer surfactants

HG Seong, Z Chen, T Emrick… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bottlebrush random copolymers (BRCPs), having randomly distributed hydrophilic and
hydrophobic side chains, are shown to reconfigure into hydrophilic‐rich and hydrophobic …

A Versatile Reversible, Degenerative Chain Transfer Mechanism for the Catalytic Living Ring‐Opening Metathesis Polymerization

I Mandal, AFM Kilbinger - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most metathesis polymers based on norbornene derivatives carry a vinyl end group. Here
we show that these vinyl end groups readily undergo a degenerative exchange of the …

Scalable Frontal Oligomerization: Insights from Advanced Mass Analysis

BA Suslick, DM Alzate-Sanchez, JS Moore - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Linear oligomers of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) are reactive precursors for thermoplastic and
thermoset materials. Unlike the foul-smelling parent monomer, oligomers composed of …