Recent Advances in Metal‐Mediated Stereoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Functional Cyclic Esters towards Well‐Defined Poly(hydroxy acid)s: From Stereoselectivity to Sequence‐Control

Polymerization of rac-Lactide Using Achiral Iron Complexes: A New Access to Thermally Stable Stereocomplexes

(2019) Christophe M. Thomas et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Yttrium‐Mediated Ring‐Opening Copolymerization of Oppositely Configurated 4‐Alkoxymethylene‐β‐Propiolactones: Effective Access to Highly Alternated Isotactic Functional PHAs

(2019) Romain Ligny et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rare-earth metal complexes as catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

(2019) Dmitry M. Lyubov et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Exploiting Noncovalent Interactions for Room-Temperature Heteroselective rac-Lactide Polymerization Using Aluminum Catalysts

(2019) S. Gesslbauer et al.   ACS Catalysis

Packaging materials with desired mechanical and barrier properties and full chemical recyclability

(2019) Ainara Sangroniz et al.   Nature Communications

Steric vs. electronic stereocontrol in syndio- or iso-selective ROP of functional chiral β-lactones mediated by achiral yttrium-bisphenolate complexes

(2018) Romain Ligny et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ring Opening Polymerization and Copolymerization of Cyclic Esters Catalyzed by Group 2 Metal Complexes Supported by Functionalized P–N Ligands

(2018) Adimulam Harinath et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Highly Active Chiral Oxazolinyl Aminophenolate Magnesium Initiators for Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide: Dinuclearity Induced Enantiomorphic Site Control

(2018) Jianwen Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Stereoselective photoredox ring-opening polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides

(2018) Quanyou Feng et al.   Nature Communications

Chemical synthesis of perfectly isotactic and high melting bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from bio-sourced racemic cyclic diolide

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Inside Cover: Magnetoluminescence in a Photostable, Brightly Luminescent Organic Radical in a Rigid Environment (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2018)

(2018) Shun Kimura et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stereo-selectivity switchable ROP of rac-β-butyrolactone initiated by salan-ligated rare-earth metal amide complexes: the key role of the substituents on ligand frameworks

(2018) Zhixing Zhuo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalyst-Sidearm-Induced Stereoselectivity Switching in Polymerization of a Racemic Lactone for Stereocomplexed Crystalline Polymer with a Circular Life Cycle

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides: The Search for Catalysts

(2018) Yongliang Zhong et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

New Chemistry in Functional Aliphatic Polyesters

(2017) Rong Tong   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Alternating Sequence Controlled Copolymer Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Acids via Syndioselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides Using Zirconium/Hafnium Alkoxide Initiators

(2017) Yangyang Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Photoredox Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides

(2017) Quanyou Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Robust Yttrium Bis(phenolate) Ether Catalysts for Excellent Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic Lactide

(2017) Tie-Qi Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Highly Isoselective and Active Zinc Catalysts for rac-Lactide Polymerization: Effect of Pendant Groups of Aminophenolate Ligands

(2017) Chao Kan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polylactides—Methods of synthesis and characterization

(2016) Julia Pretula et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Aluminium salalens vs. salans: “Initiator Design” for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide

(2016) Paul McKeown et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Stereocontrolled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic Alkyl β-Malolactonates Mediated by Yttrium [Amino-alkoxy-bis(phenolate)] Complexes

(2016) Cédric G. Jaffredo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Zinc Complexes of Sequential Tetradentate Monoanionic Ligands in the Isoselective Polymerization of rac -Lactide

(2016) Tomer Rosen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

(2016) Yunqing Zhu et al.   NATURE

Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Functional Poly(α-hydroxy acids) via Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides

(2015) Qian Yin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

New Insights into the Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Catalyzed by Chromium(III) Salphen Complexes

(2015) Sergei Vagin et al.   ChemCatChem

Beyond Stereoselectivity, Switchable Catalysis: Some of the Last Frontier Challenges in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

(2015) Sophie M. Guillaume et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Completely recyclable biopolymers with linear and cyclic topologies via ring-opening polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Rare-Earth Complexes Supported by Tripodal Tetradentate Bis(phenolate) Ligands: A Privileged Class of Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

(2015) Jean-François Carpentier   ORGANOMETALLICS

Metal influence on the iso- and hetero-selectivity of complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the polymerisation of rac-lactide

(2015) Matthew D. Jones et al.   Chemical Science

Overcoming aggregation in indium salen catalysts for isoselective lactide polymerization

(2015) D. C. Aluthge et al.   Chemical Science

O-Carboxyanhydrides: Useful Tools for the Preparation of Well-Defined Functionalized Polyesters

(2015) Blanca Martin Vaca et al.   ACS Macro Letters

From Syndiotactic Homopolymers to Chemically Tunable Alternating Copolymers: Highly Active Yttrium Complexes for Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Malolactonates

(2014) Cédric G. Jaffredo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Size Influence in Iso-Selective Lactide Polymerization

(2014) Clare Bakewell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide initiated by achiral heteroscorpionate zwitterionic zinc complexes

(2014) Zehuai Mou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Gradient Isotactic Multiblock Polylactides from Aluminum Complexes of Chiral Salalen Ligands

(2014) Alessia Pilone et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zinc-Catalyzed Highly Isoselective Ring Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide

(2014) Srinivas Abbina et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Highly diastereoselective synthesis of chiral aminophenolate zinc complexes and isoselective polymerization of rac-lactide

(2013) Haobing Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Yttrium Phosphasalen Initiators for rac-Lactide Polymerization: Excellent Rates and High Iso-Selectivities

(2012) Clare Bakewell et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymerization of racemic β-butyrolactone using supported catalysts: a simple access to isotactic polymers

(2010) Noureddine Ajellal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Factors Influencing the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic β-Butyrolactone Using CrIII(salphen)

(2010) Robert Reichardt et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Single site catalysts for stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of lactides

(2010) Pieter Jelle Dijkstra et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

(2009) Matthew J. Stanford et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters: synthesis of new polyester microstructures

(2009) Christophe M. Thomas   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Polymerization of Enantiopure Monomers Using Syndiospecific Catalysts: A New Approach To Sequence Control in Polymer Synthesis

(2009) John W. Kramer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Highly Active Chiral Indium Catalyst for Living Lactide Polymerization

(2008) Amy F. Douglas et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

C3-Symmetric Lanthanide Tris(alkoxide) Complexes Formed by Preferential Complexation and Their Stereoselective Polymerization ofrac-Lactide

(2008) Polly L. Arnold et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Variably Isotactic Poly(hydroxybutyrate) from Racemic β-Butyrolactone: Microstructure Control by Achiral Chromium(III) Salophen Complexes

(2008) Manuela Zintl et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly active and stereoselective zirconium and hafnium alkoxide initiators for solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

(2008) Amanda J. Chmura et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS