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Rentero C, Damián J, Medel A, Fernández-Millán M, Rusconi Y, Talarico G, Cuenca T, Sessini V, Mosquera MEG. Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide Catalyzed by Potassium-Based Complexes: Mechanistic Studies. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14152982. [PMID: 35893946 PMCID: PMC9329769 DOI: 10.3390/polym14152982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Two non-toxic potassium compounds, 1 and 2, with a commercial oximate ligand have been prepared and fully spectroscopically characterized. Their activity as catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) process of LLA has been studied, showing that they are extremely active and able to polymerize the monomer in a few minutes. For derivative 2, the presence of a crown ether in the potassium coordination sphere affects the nuclearity of the compound and consequently its solubility, with both aspects having an influence in the polymerization process. Detailed studies of the polymerization mechanism have been performed, and an unusual anionic mechanism was observed in absence of a co-initiator. Indeed, the monomer deprotonation generates a lactide enolate, which initiates the polymerization propagation. On the contrary, when a 1:1 ratio of cat:BnOH is used, a mixture of mechanisms is observed, the anionic mechanism and the activated monomer one, while from a cat:BnOH ratio of 1:2 and over, only the activated monomer mechanism is observed.
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- Christian Rentero
- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80124 Napoli, Italy; (Y.R.); (G.T.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80124 Napoli, Italy; (Y.R.); (G.T.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
- Correspondence: (V.S.); (M.E.G.M.)
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Research “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), Universidad de Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (C.R.); (J.D.); (A.M.); (M.F.-M.); (T.C.)
- Correspondence: (V.S.); (M.E.G.M.)
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Dong X, Robinson JR. The versatile roles of neutral donor ligands in tuning catalyst performance for the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02694a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The use of neutral donor ligands is an effective strategy to modify catalyst structure and performance in the synthesis of sustainable polymers through the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters.
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- Xiang Dong
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St. Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St. Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Gentner TX, Mulvey RE. Alkali-Metal Mediation: Diversity of Applications in Main-Group Organometallic Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:9247-9262. [PMID: 33017511 PMCID: PMC8247348 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Organolithium compounds have been at the forefront of synthetic chemistry for over a century, as they mediate the synthesis of myriads of compounds that are utilised worldwide in academic and industrial settings. For that reason, lithium has always been the most important alkali metal in organometallic chemistry. Today, that importance is being seriously challenged by sodium and potassium, as the alkali-metal mediation of organic reactions in general has started branching off in several new directions. Recent examples covering main-group homogeneous catalysis, stoichiometric organic synthesis, low-valent main-group metal chemistry, polymerization, and green chemistry are showcased in this Review. Since alkali-metal compounds are often not the end products of these applications, their roles are rarely given top billing. Thus, this Review has been written to alert the community to this rising unifying phenomenon of "alkali-metal mediation".
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- Thomas X. Gentner
- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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- Department of Pure and Applied ChemistryUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgowG1 1XLUK
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Gentner TX, Mulvey RE. Alkalimetall‐Mediatoren: Vielfältige Anwendungen in der metallorganischen Chemie der Hauptgruppenelemente. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Thomas X. Gentner
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XL Großbritannien
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Potassium N-arylbenzimidates as readily accessible and benign (pre)catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of ε-CL and L-LA. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fernández-Millán M, Ortega P, Cuenca T, Cano J, Mosquera MEG. Alkali-Metal Compounds with Bio-Based Ligands as Catalysts for Isoselective Lactide Polymerization: Influence of the Catalyst Aggregation on the Polymerization Control. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- María Fernández-Millán
- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Institute Ramón y Cajal for Health Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Research Institute in Chemistry “Andrés M. del Río” (IQAR), University of Alcalá, Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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García-Valle FM, Muñoz MT, Cuenca T, Milione S, Mosquera ME, Cano J. Fluorinated alkali metal catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide. Effect of the M···F interactions in the polymerization control. J Organomet Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cui Y, Jiang J, Mao X, Wu J. Mononuclear Salen-Sodium Ion Pairs as Catalysts for Isoselective Polymerization of rac-Lactide. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:218-227. [PMID: 30543276 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A series of mononuclear salen-sodium anions, as the first examples, were synthesized with tetra-alkyl ammonium as a counterpart cation. These complexes are efficient catalysts for the isoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide; the molecular weights of polymers are under control and molecular weight distributions are narrow when five equivalents of BnOH is used as an initiator. The best isoselectivity value of Pm = 0.82 was achieved at -70 °C. The experimental results together with a density functional theory calculation show that a ligand-assisted activated monomer mechanism is more reasonable than an activated monomer mechanism for this system.
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- Yaqin Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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Gao J, Zhu D, Zhang W, Solan GA, Ma Y, Sun WH. Recent progress in the application of group 1, 2 & 13 metal complexes as catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters. Inorg Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00855a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This review focuses on recent developments concerned with the use of well-defined main group complexes as (pre-)catalysts for the ROP of cyclic esters to give aliphatic polyesters; factors influencing catalytic activity, selectivity and polymer properties are all discussed.
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- Jiahao Gao
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
- Beijing 100029
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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Chen C, Jiang J, Mao X, Cong Y, Cui Y, Pan X, Wu J. Isoselective Polymerization of rac-Lactide Catalyzed by Ion-Paired Potassium Amidinate Complexes. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:3158-3168. [PMID: 29494145 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Three potassium crown ether complexes supported with bulky amidinate ligands were synthesized for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide. The side polymerization reaction initiated directly by ligand anion was suppressed well in the presence of alcohol as our design, and the synthesis of linear polylactide with a molecular weight as high as 117.7 kg/mol was successful together with an isoselectivity value of Pm = 0.88 at -70 °C. In this system, lactide can be deprotonated by amidinate anion to give lactide enolate, which can initiate the ROP of lactide as a side reaction in the absence of alcohol; however, this side reaction can also be suppressed well in the presence of alcohol by a decrease in temperature. An interesting anti-Arrhenius-like behavior in the polymerization was discovered, which can be attributed to the fact that the active catalyst can be converted to a less active lactide enolate potassium complex at a high temperature.
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- Changjuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Huanghuai University , Zhumadian 463000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000 , People's Republic of China
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Zhang JW, Li JX, Jiang Y, Liu BQ, Dong YP. Syntheses, structures, photoluminescence, and magnetism of a series of lanthanide 1,3-adamantanedicarboxylate coordination polymers. Polyhedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tian LL, Wu BB, Wang ZX. Crown ether complexes of sodium and potassium 2-(benzotriazol-2-yl)phenolates: Synthesis and catalysis towards the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2017.1381925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Lu-Lu Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, P. R. China
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Wu BB, Tian LL, Wang ZX. Ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide catalyzed by crown ether complexes of sodium and potassium iminophenoxides. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03394j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Crown ether complexes of sodium and potassium iminophenoxides were demonstrated to catalyze the stereoselective polymerization of rac-lactide.
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- Bing-Bing Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
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