Self-Switchable Polymerization: A Smart Approach to Sequence-Controlled Degradable Copolymers

A Lewis Pair as Organocatalyst for One-Pot Synthesis of Block Copolymers from a Mixture of Epoxide, Anhydride, and CO2

(2021) Jinbo Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Precisely Alternating Copolymerization of Episulfides and Isothiocyanates: A Practical Route to Construct Sulfur-Rich Polymers

(2021) Xiao-Feng Zhu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

S‐Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring‐opening Polymerizations Towards Well‐defined Functionalized Polythioesters

(2021) Yanchao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Monomer controlled switchable copolymerization: A feasible route for the functionalization of poly(lactide)

(2021) Yuezhou Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Aliphatic Polycarbonates from Cyclic Carbonate Monomers and Their Application as Biomaterials

(2021) Wei Yu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Triethylborane-Assisted Synthesis of Random and Block Poly(ester-carbonate)s through One-Pot Terpolymerization of Epoxides, CO2, and Cyclic Anhydrides

(2021) Vamshi K. Chidara et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Heterotrimetallic Carbon Dioxide Copolymerization and Switchable Catalysts: Sodium is the Key to High Activity and Unusual Selectivity

(2021) Alex J. Plajer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Smart Access to Sequentially and Architecturally Controlled Block Polymers via a Simple Catalytic Polymerization System

(2021) Xiaochao Xia et al.   ACS Catalysis

O‐to‐S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone

(2021) Yanchao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Effect of Exogenous Carboxyl and Hydroxyl Groups on Pyrolysis Reaction of High Molecular Weight Poly(L-Lactide) under the Catalysis of Tin

(2021) Li-Dong Feng et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Sequence Control from Mixtures: Switchable Polymerization Catalysis and Future Materials Applications

(2021) Arron C. Deacy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Constructing ABA- and ABCBA-Type Multiblock Copolyesters with Structural Diversity by Organocatalytic Self-Switchable Copolymerization

(2021) Chen Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Recent developments in biodegradable block copolymers

(2021) Sunil U. Tekale et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Chemoselective Polymerizations

(2021) Ning Zhu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Bio-based polyesters: Recent progress and future prospects

(2021) Qinan Zhang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity

(2021) LaShanda T. J. Korley et al.   SCIENCE

Green Copolymers Based on Poly(Lactic Acid)—Short Review

(2021) Konrad Stefaniak et al.   Materials

Switchable Polymerization Catalysis Using a Tin(II) Catalyst and Commercial Monomers to Toughen Poly(l-lactide)

(2021) Nattawut Yuntawattana et al.   ACS Macro Letters

ABC and ABAB Block Copolymers by Electrochemically Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2021) Zachary C. Hern et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

One-Pot Synthesis of Polyethylene-Based Block Copolymers via a Dual Polymerization Pathway

(2021) Yajun Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lactide Lactone Chain Shuttling Copolymerization Mediated by an Aminobisphenolate Supported Aluminum Complex and Al(OiPr)3: Access to New Polylactide Based Block Copolymers

(2021) Julie Meimoun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

One‐Step Sequence‐Selective Synthesis of Block Copolyester from Mixed Phthalic Anhydride, Cyclohexene Oxide, and δ ‐Valerolactone

(2021) Guanchen He et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Perfectly Alternating Copolymerization of CO and Epoxides to Aliphatic Polyester Oligomers via Cooperative Organoboron–Cobalt Complexes

(2021) Yao-Yao Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Towards high-performance sustainable polymers via isomerization-driven irreversible ring-opening polymerization of five-membered thionolactones

(2021) Pengjun Yuan et al.   Nature Chemistry

Diblock dialternating terpolymers by one-step/one-pot highly selective organocatalytic multimonomer polymerization

(2021) Jiaxi Xu et al.   Nature Communications

Controlled Random Terpolymerization of β -Propiolactone, Epoxides, and CO 2 via Regioselective Lactone Ring Opening

(2021) Wen-Bing Li et al.   CCS Chemistry

Switchable Polymerization Triggered by Fast and Quantitative Insertion of Carbon Monoxide into Cobalt-Oxygen Bonds

(2020) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Role of External Field in Polymerization: Mechanism and Kinetics

(2020) Yin-Ning Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Switchable Catalysis Improves the Properties of CO2-Derived Polymers: Poly(cyclohexene carbonate-b-ε-decalactone-b-cyclohexene carbonate) Adhesives, Elastomers, and Toughened Plastics

(2020) Gregory S. Sulley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Weak Lewis Pairs as Catalysts for Highly Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Epimerically Labile rac-O-Carboxyanhydride of Mandelic Acid

(2020) Jinxing Jiang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bimetallic Cobalt Complex-Mediated Enantioselective Terpolymerizations of Carbon Dioxide, Cyclohexene Oxide, and β-Butyrolactone

(2020) Wen-Bing Li et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

One-Step and Metal-Free Synthesis of Triblock Quaterpolymers by Concurrent and Switchable Polymerization

(2020) Shuaishuai Zhu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Facile Synthesis of Well‐Defined Branched Sulfur‐Containing Copolymers via a “One‐Pot” Copolymerization of Carbonyl Sulfide and Epoxide

(2020) Tian-Jun Yue et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polyurethanes and Polyallophanates via Sequence-Selective Copolymerization of Epoxides and Isocyanates

(2020) Mark Jurrat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bimetallic Aluminum Complexes Bearing Binaphthyl-Based Iminophenolate Ligands as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Polyesters

(2020) Federica Santulli et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Selective Organocatalytic Preparation of Trimethylene Carbonate from Oxetane and Carbon Dioxide

(2020) Jin Huang et al.   ACS Catalysis

The Effect of Oxygen to Salen-Co Complexes for the Copolymerization of PO/CO2

(2020) Ran-Long Duan et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Design and structure of catalysts: syntheses of carbon dioxide-based copolymers with cyclic anhydrides and/or cyclic esters

(2020) Jiaxin Liang et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Polyurethanes from Direct Organocatalytic Copolymerization of p‐Tosyl Isocyanate with Epoxides

(2020) Yves GNANOU et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dual cooperative organocatalysts for one-pot synthesis of polyester-polythiocarbonate block copolymers from multiple monomers

(2020) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Advances in Polymerizations Modulated by External Stimuli

(2020) Alicia M. Doerr et al.   ACS Catalysis

Metal-Free Approach for a One-Pot Construction of Biodegradable Block Copolymers from Epoxides, Phthalic Anhydride, and CO2

(2020) Shuxian Ye et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Salen-Manganese Complexes and their Application in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide and ϵ-Caprolactone

(2019) Zhenjie Yang et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe

(2019) Walter Leal Filho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

One-Pot Synthesis of Diblock Polyesters by Catalytic Terpolymerization of Lactide, Epoxides, and Anhydrides

(2019) Yanchuan Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Oxygen Triggered Switchable Polymerization for One-Pot Synthesis of CO2-Based Block Copolymers from Monomer Mixtures

(2019) Yajun Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Switchable ring‐opening polymerization by ferrocene supported aluminum complexes

(2019) Amy Lai et al.   ChemCatChem

Easy access to oxygenated block polymers via switchable catalysis

(2019) Tim Stößer et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanism-Inspired Design of Bifunctional Catalysts for the Alternating Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides

(2019) Brooks A. Abel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Terpolymerization of β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2: Chemoselective CO2-Switch and Its Impact on Kinetics and Material Properties

(2019) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A One-Step Route to CO2 -Based Block Copolymers by Simultaneous ROCOP of CO2 /Epoxides and RAFT Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers

(2018) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Towards Sequence-Controlled Antimicrobial Polymers: Effect of Polymer Block Order on Antimicrobial Activity

(2018) Peter R. Judzewitsch et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrochemically Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide and Cyclohexene Oxide

(2018) Miao Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of CO2-Based Block Copolymers via Chain Transfer Polymerization Using Macroinitiators: Activity, Blocking Efficiency, and Nanostructure

(2018) Yao-Yao Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A Bifunctional β-Diiminate Zinc Catalyst with CO2/Epoxides Copolymerization and RAFT Polymerization Capacities for Versatile Block Copolymers Construction

(2018) Yao-Yao Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Making Various Degradable Polymers from Epoxides Using a Versatile Dinuclear Chromium Catalyst

(2018) Ye Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Impact of Helical Chain Shape in Sequence-Defined Polymers on Polypeptoid Block Copolymer Self-Assembly

(2018) Emily C. Davidson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (AROMP) of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Monomers Provides Oligomers with Side-Chain Sequence Control

(2018) Guofang Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

CO2 Controlled Catalysis: Switchable Homopolymerization and Copolymerization

(2018) Chenyang Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Catalytic metal-based systems for controlled statistical copolymerisation of lactide with a lactone

(2018) E. Stirling et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A review on enzymatic polymerization to produce polycondensation polymers: The case of aliphatic polyesters, polyamides and polyesteramides

(2018) Aliki Douka et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Control of the Alternating Sequence for N -Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and Methacrylic Acid Units in a Copolymer by Cyclopolymerization and Transformation of the Cyclopendant Group

(2018) Yuki Kametani et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-free, regioselective and stereoregular alternating copolymerization of monosubstituted epoxides and tricyclic anhydrides

(2018) He-Yuan Ji et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Switch Catalysis To Deliver Multi-Block Polyesters from Mixtures of Propene Oxide, Lactide, and Phthalic Anhydride

(2018) Tim Stößer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-Step Access to Sequence-Controlled Block Copolymers by Self-Switchable Organocatalytic Multicomponent Polymerization

(2018) He-Yuan Ji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synergetic Organocatalysis for Eliminating Epimerization in Ring-Opening Polymerizations Enables Synthesis of Stereoregular Isotactic Polyester

(2018) Maosheng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fast Access to Amphiphilic Multiblock Architectures by the Anionic Copolymerization of Aziridines and Ethylene Oxide

(2018) Tassilo Gleede et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sequence-Selective Terpolymerization from Monomer Mixtures Using a Simple Organocatalyst

(2018) Heng Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Isospecific, Chain Shuttling Polymerization of Propylene Oxide Using a Bimetallic Chromium Catalyst: A New Route to Semicrystalline Polyols

(2017) M. Ian Childers et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CO2-Controlled One-Pot Synthesis of AB, ABA Block, and Statistical Terpolymers from β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2

(2017) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CO2-Tuned Sequential Synthesis of Stereoblock Copolymers Comprising a Stereoregularity-Adjustable Polyester Block and an Atactic CO2-Based Polycarbonate Block

(2017) Bing Han et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Self-Buffering Organocatalysis Tailoring Alternating Polyester

(2017) Heng Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides with Discrete Metal Complexes: Structure–Property Relationships

(2016) Julie M. Longo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Asymmetric Alternating Copolymerization of Meso-epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides: Efficient Access to Enantiopure Polyesters

(2016) Jie Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal-Free Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 with Epoxides: Fulfilling “Green” Synthesis and Activity

(2016) Dongyue Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electron-Deficient β-Diiminato-Zinc-Ethyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones

(2016) Alexander Kronast et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Copolymer of lactide and ε-caprolactone catalyzed by bimetallic Schiff base aluminum complexes

(2016) Jingwei Yang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Carbonylation of Ethylene Oxide to β-Propiolactone: A Facile Route to Poly(3-hydroxypropionate) and Acrylic Acid

(2016) Erin W. Dunn et al.   ACS Catalysis

In Situ Generated ABA Block Copolymers from CO2, Cyclohexene Oxide, and Poly(dimethylsiloxane)s

(2016) Marina Reiter et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

Switchable Polymerization Catalysts

(2015) Aaron J. Teator et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: A Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalyst

(2015) Jennifer A. Garden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Polymerization Catalysis: Controlling the Metal Chain End Group to Prepare Block Copolyesters

(2015) Yunqing Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Chemoselective Polymerization Control: From Mixed-Monomer Feedstock to Copolymers

(2014) Charles Romain et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Size Influence in Iso-Selective Lactide Polymerization

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

Synthesis and Characterization of Sequence-Controlled Semicrystalline Comb Copolymers: Influence of Primary Structure on Materials Properties

(2014) Sansanee Srichan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Precision polymers: a kinetic approach for functional poly(norbornenes)

(2014) Dafni Moatsou et al.   Chemical Science

Asymmetric Copolymerization of CO2withmeso-Epoxides Mediated by Dinuclear Cobalt(III) Complexes: Unprecedented Enantioselectivity and Activity

(2013) Ye Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly active bifunctional cobalt-salen complexes for the synthesis of poly(ester-block-carbonate) copolymerviaterpolymerization of carbon dioxide, propylene oxide, and norbornene anhydride isomer: Roles of anhydride conformation consideration

(2013) Zhongyu Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Mild and Efficient Preparation of Block and Gradient Copolymers by Methanesulfonic Acid Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Caprolactone and Trimethylene Carbonate

(2013) Aline Couffin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The Effect of Monomer Order on the Hydrolysis of Biodegradable Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Repeating Sequence Copolymers

(2012) Jian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tandem Metal-Coordination Copolymerization and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization via Water To Synthesize Diblock Copolymers of Styrene Oxide/CO2 and Lactide

(2012) Guang-Peng Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Random Copolymerization of ε-Caprolactone and Lactides Promoted by Pyrrolylpyridylamido Aluminum Complexes

(2012) Gang Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Kinetic Studies of the Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides and Epoxides, and the Terpolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides, Epoxides, and CO2 Catalyzed by (salen)CrIIICl

(2012) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Exploiting Sequence To Control the Hydrolysis Behavior of Biodegradable PLGA Copolymers

(2011) Jian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ring-Opening Co- and Terpolymerization of an Alicyclic Oxirane with Carboxylic Acid Anhydrides and CO2in the Presence of Chromium Porphyrinato and Salen Catalysts

(2011) Saskia Huijser et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polylactic acid (PLA): Research, development and industrialization

(2010) Xuan Pang et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Random Copolymerization of ε-Caprolactone with Lactide Using a Homosalen−Al Complex

(2010) Nobuyoshi Nomura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbonylative Polymerization of Propylene Oxide: A Multicatalytic Approach to the Synthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)

(2010) Erin W. Dunn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges for Polymer Synthesis

(2010) Matthew K. Kiesewetter et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-pot terpolymerization of CO2, cyclohexene oxide and maleic anhydride using a highly active heterogeneous double metal cyanide complex catalyst

(2010) Xue-Ke Sun et al.   POLYMER

Pre-Rate-Determining Selectivity in the Terpolymerization of Epoxides, Cyclic Anhydrides, and CO2: A One-Step Route to Diblock Copolymers

(2008) Ryan C. Jeske et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Effect of the Configuration of the Active Center on Comonomer Reactivities: The Case of ε-Caprolactone/ l,l-Lactide Copolymerization

(2008) Marcin Florczak et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION