Ionic (Co)Organocatalyst with (Thio)Urea Anion and Tetra‑ n ‑butyl Ammonium Cation for the Polymerization of γ‐Butyrolactone

Readily Prepared and Tunable Ionic Organocatalysts for Ring-opening Polymerization of Lactones

(2019) Zhuo-Lun Jiang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Ionic Organocatalyst with a Urea Anion and Tetra-n-butyl Ammonium Cation for Rapid, Selective, and Versatile Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide

(2019) Zhuolun Jiang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Synthesis, Characterization of Pyridyl Heterocyclic Olefins (PHOs) and Activation of Heterocumulenes

(2019) Xianhui Zhang et al.   ChemistrySelect

Fast and Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters by Alkoxides and Cyclic Amides

(2018) Chen Tan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Preparation of biorenewable poly(γ-butyrolactone)-b-poly(l-lactide) diblock copolyesters via one-pot sequential metal-free ring-opening polymerization

(2018) Yong Shen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Polarized olefins as enabling (co)catalysts for the polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

(2018) Patrick Walther et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Precise synthesis of sulfur-containing polymers via cooperative dual organocatalysts with high activity

(2018) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Preparation of Amphiphilic Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(γ-butyrolactone) Diblock Copolymer via Ring Opening Polymerization Catalyzed by a Cyclic Trimeric Phosphazene Base or Alkali Alkoxide

(2018) Yong Shen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Dual Organocatalysts for Highly Active and Selective Synthesis of Linear Poly(γ-butyrolactone)s with High Molecular Weights

(2018) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nonstrained γ-Butyrolactone to High-Molecular-Weight Poly(γ-butyrolactone): Facile Bulk Polymerization Using Economical Ureas/Alkoxides

(2018) Limiao Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Urea Anions: Simple, Fast, and Selective Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerizations

(2017) Binhong Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

H-Bonding Organocatalysts for the Living, Solvent-Free Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones: Toward an All-Lactones, All-Conditions Approach

(2017) Jinal U. Pothupitiya et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Triclocarban: Commercial Antibacterial and Highly Effective H-Bond Donating Catalyst for Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2017) Nayanthara U. Dharmaratne et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Towards Truly Sustainable Polymers: A Metal-Free Recyclable Polyester from Biorenewable Non-Strained γ-Butyrolactone

(2016) Miao Hong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide and ε-caprolactone catalyzed by versatile tri-zinc complex: Synthesis of biodegradable polyester with gradient sequence structure

(2016) Limiao Lin et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Base-to-Base Organocatalytic Approach for One-Pot Construction of Poly(ethylene oxide)-Based Macromolecular Structures

(2016) Yening Xia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymer Design

(2016) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fast and selective ring-opening polymerizations by alkoxides and thioureas

(2016) Xiangyi Zhang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Bis- and Tris-Urea H-Bond Donors for Ring-Opening Polymerization: Unprecedented Activity and Control from an Organocatalyst

(2016) Kurt V. Fastnacht et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Biodegradable stimuli-responsive polypeptide materials prepared by ring opening polymerization

(2015) Yong Shen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Cooperative Hydrogen-Bond Pairing in Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2014) Oleg I. Kazakov et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB): a new generation of resorbable medical devices for tissue repair and regeneration

(2013) Simon F. Williams et al.   Biomedical Engineering-Biomedizinische Technik

Construction of functional aliphatic polycarbonates for biomedical applications

(2011) Jun Feng et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Thermodynamic Control of the Polymerizability of Five-, Six-, and Seven-Membered Lactones

(2009) Carlos Alemán et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Why δ-Valerolactone Polymerizes and γ-Butyrolactone Does Not

(2008) K. N. Houk et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY