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Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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From the N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Alcohols to the Controlled Polymerization of (Meth)acrylates

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The mechanical and biological properties of polycarbonate-modified F127 hydrogels after incorporating active pendent double-bonds

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Oxa-Michael addition polymerization of acrylates catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

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N-Heterocyclic carbenes as organocatalysts for polymerizations: trends and frontiers

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Proton-Transfer Polymerization (HTP): Converting Methacrylates to Polyesters by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene

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Environmentally benign process for the preparation of antimicrobial α-methylene-β-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone (tulipalin B) from tulip biomass

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Probing Site Cooperativity of Frustrated Phosphine/Borane Lewis Pairs by a Polymerization Study

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Coordination Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Naturally Renewable α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone into Unsaturated Polyesters

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An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

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High-speed organocatalytic polymerization of a renewable methylene butyrolactone by a phosphazene superbase

(2014) Meghan Schmitt et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis of β-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone from biorenewable itaconic acid

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Zwitterionic Ring-Opening Polymerization for the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Cyclic Polymers

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Catalytic C–C Bond-Forming Multi-Component Cascade or Domino Reactions: Pushing the Boundaries of Complexity in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

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N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as organocatalysts and structural components in metal-free polymer synthesis

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Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

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Quantifying and understanding the electronic properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2013) David J. Nelson et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Chiral and achiral (imino)phenoxy-based cationic group 4 non-metallocene complexes as catalysts for polymerization of renewable α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones

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Organocatalysis in biorefining for biomass conversion and upgrading

(2013) Dajiang (D. J.) Liu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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Experimental Mechanistic Studies of the Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Methyl Methacrylate Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbene

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Organocatalytic Conjugate-Addition Polymerization of Linear and Cyclic Acrylic Monomers by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Mechanisms of Chain Initiation, Propagation, and Termination

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Rare-Earth Half-Sandwich Dialkyl and Homoleptic Trialkyl Complexes for Rapid and Stereoselective Polymerization of a Conjugated Polar Olefin

(2013) Yangjian Hu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

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(2013) Junpeng Zhao et al.   POLIMERY

Recent progress in organocatalytic group transfer polymerization

(2013) Keita Fuchise et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Conjugate-Addition Organopolymerization: Rapid Production of Acrylic Bioplastics by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

(2012) Xavier Bugaut et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

ansa-Rare-Earth-Metal Catalysts for Rapid and Stereoselective Polymerization of Renewable Methylene Methylbutyrolactones

(2012) Yangjian Hu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Lewis pair polymerization by classical and frustrated Lewis pairs: acid, base and monomer scope and polymerization mechanism

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Evolution of asymmetric organocatalysis: multi- and retrocatalysis

(2012) Raffael C. Wende et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Stereoselectivity in Metallocene-Catalyzed Coordination Polymerization of Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones: From Stereo-random to Stereo-perfect Polymers

(2012) Xia Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalysed synthesis of polyurethanes

(2012) Olivier Coutelier et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Semirigid Biobased Polymer Brush: Poly(α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone) Brushes

(2012) Yuji Higaki et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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(2011) André Grossmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions

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Free Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of γ-Methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone (MeMBL)

(2011) Robert A. Cockburn et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Anionic polymerization of MMA and renewable methylene butyrolactones by resorbable potassium salts

(2011) Yangjian Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Dinuclear Silylium-enolate Bifunctional Active Species: Remarkable Activity and Stereoselectivity toward Polymerization of Methacrylate and Renewable Methylene Butyrolactone Monomers

(2011) Yuetao Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Linear and Star-Shaped Poly[4-(diphenylamino)benzyl methacrylate]s by Group Transfer Polymerization and Their Electrical Memory Device Applications

(2011) Jung-Ching Hsu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Core-First Synthesis of Three-, Four-, and Six-Armed Star-Shaped Poly(methyl methacrylate)s by Group Transfer Polymerization Using Phosphazene Base

(2011) Yougen Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organic Superbase as an Efficient Catalyst for Group Transfer Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate

(2011) Toyoji Kakuchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organocatalytic Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Olefin: Umpolung of Methyl Methacrylate Mediated by N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2011) Shin-ichi Matsuoka et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources

(2011) Mathieu J.-L. Tschan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Alane-Based Classical and Frustrated Lewis Pairs in Polymer Synthesis: Rapid Polymerization of MMA and Naturally Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones into High-Molecular-Weight Polymers

(2010) Yuetao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Measure of All Rings-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2010) Thomas Dröge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Coordination polymerization of renewable butyrolactone-based vinyl monomers by lanthanide and early metal catalysts

(2010) Garret M. Miyake et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Alcohols

(2010) Eric M. Phillips et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Investigation of Free Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of the Bio-renewable Monomerγ-Methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone with Methyl methacrylate and Styrene

(2010) Robert A. Cockburn et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Polymerization of Naturally Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones by Half-Sandwich Indenyl Rare Earth Metal Dialkyls with Exceptional Activity

(2010) Yangjian Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Living Polymerization of Naturally Renewable Butyrolactone-Based Vinylidene Monomers by Ambiphilic Silicon Propagators

(2010) Garret M. Miyake et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges for Polymer Synthesis

(2010) Matthew K. Kiesewetter et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organocatalytic cascade reactions as a new tool in total synthesis

(2010) Christoph Grondal et al.   Nature Chemistry

Cinchona Alkaloids in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

(2010) Tommaso Marcelli et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

The Renaissance of α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactones: New Synthetic Approaches

(2009) Russell R. A. Kitson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Late Transition Metal Catalysis

(2009) Silvia Díez-González et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A Virtual Issue ofMacromolecules: “Polymers from Renewable Resources”

(2009) Geoffrey W. Coates et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis, morphology and mechanical properties of linear triblock copolymers based on poly(α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone)

(2009) Jaroslav Mosnáček et al.   POLYMER

Harnessing the Potential of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes for the Rejuvenation of Group‐Transfer Polymerization of (Meth)Acrylics

(2008) Jean Raynaud et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry

(2008) F. Ekkehardt Hahn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Emulsion and controlled miniemulsion polymerization of the renewable monomer γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone

(2008) Genggeng Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Tulipalin A: A Naturally Renewable Monomer

(2008) Jaroslav Mosnáček et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Group Transfer Polymerization of Acrylates Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2008) Marc D. Scholten et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymers from Renewable Resources: A Challenge for the Future of Macromolecular Materials

(2008) Alessandro Gandini   MACROMOLECULES

The advent and development of organocatalysis

(2008) David W. C. MacMillan   NATURE

Polymers from Renewable Resources: A Perspective for a Special Issue of Polymer Reviews

(2008) Charlotte Williams et al.   Polymer Reviews