Alkyl borane-mediated metal-free ring-opening (co) polymerizations of oxygenated monomers

C Zhang, X Geng, X Zhang, Y Gnanou… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sensibility to environmental concerns and the actual demand for polymeric materials free of
any metal contaminants in most applications have directed research towards significant …

Recent advances in enantioselective ring-opening polymerization and copolymerization

X Xie, Z Huo, E Jang, R Tong - Communications Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Precisely controlling macromolecular stereochemistry and sequences is a powerful strategy
for manipulating polymer properties. Controlled synthetic routes to prepare degradable …

Spiro-salen catalysts enable the chemical synthesis of stereoregular polyhydroxyalkanoates

HY Huang, W Xiong, YT Huang, K Li, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Although bacterial stereoregular polyhydroxyalkanoates have attracted broad interest as
sustainable materials, it remains a long-standing challenge to chemically synthesize …

Sequence control from mixtures: switchable polymerization catalysis and future materials applications

AC Deacy, GL Gregory, GS Sulley… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is an ever-increasing demand for higher-performing polymeric materials
counterbalanced by the need for sustainability throughout the life cycle. Copolymers …

Precise cooperative sulfur placement leads to semi-crystallinity and selective depolymerisability in CS2/oxetane copolymers

C Fornacon-Wood, BR Manjunatha, MR Stühler… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
CS2 promises easy access to degradable sulfur-rich polymers and insights into how main-
group derivatisation affects polymer formation and properties, though its ring-opening …

Current Challenges and Perspectives in CO2-Based Polymers

Y Liu, XB Lu - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered a renewable one-carbon building block for chemical
synthesis owing to its abundance, low toxicity, nonflammability, and availability. The …

Hybrid Monomer Design Synergizing Property Trade‐offs in Developing Polymers for Circularity and Performance

C Shi, LT Reilly, EYX Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Current search for more sustainable plastics seeks to redesign polymers possessing both
chemical recyclability to monomer for a circular plastics economy and desirable …

Metal-Free Alternating Copolymerization of CS2 and Oxetane

G Feng, X Feng, X Liu, W Guo, C Zhang… - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The conversion of CS2, which is discarded on a large scale as a pollutant, into valuable
sulfur-containing polymers is of significance for both environmental and polymer science …

Highly selective preparation and depolymerization of chemically recyclable poly (cyclopentene carbonate) enabled by organoboron catalysts

GW Yang, Y Wang, H Qi, YY Zhang, XF Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (cyclopentene carbonate)(PCPC) produced by copolymerization of CO2 and
cyclopentene oxide (CPO) is a promising but challenging chemical recyclable polymer that …

Zr (IV) Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Anhydrides (A) with Epoxides (B), Oxetane (B), and Tetrahydrofurans (C) to Make ABB-and/or ABC-Poly …

RWF Kerr, CK Williams - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Poly (ester-alt-ethers) can combine beneficial ether linkage flexibility and polarity with ester
linkage hydrolysability, furnishing fully degradable polymers. Despite their promising …