Regulating cationic polymerization: From structural control to life cycle management

Living Cationic Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Catalyzed by a Metal-free Lewis Acid of Trityl Tetrafluoroborate

(2023) Yupo Xu et al.   Macromolecules

Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Poly(Dioxolane): Enhancing the Mechanical Performance of a Chemically Recyclable Polymer

(2023) H. Grace Hester et al.   Journal of the American Chemical Society

Precision native polysaccharides from living polymerization of anhydrosugars

(2023) Lianqian Wu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Asymmetric Ion-Pairing in Stereoselective Vinyl Polymerization

(2023) Cole C. Sorensen et al.   ACS Catalysis

Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties

(2022) Connor J. Stubbs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Living and Alternating Cationic Copolymerization of o-Phthalaldehyde and Various Bulky Enol Ethers: Elucidation of the “Limit” of Polymerizable Monomers

(2022) Keisuke Hayashi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stereoselective Helix-Sense-Selective Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinylcarbazole Using Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis

(2022) Cole C. Sorensen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled/Living Cationic Polymerization of p-Methoxystyrene Using Tellurium-Based Chalcogen Bonding Catalyst─Discovery of a New Water-Tolerant Lewis Acid Catalyst

(2022) Koji Takagi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Cationic Copolymerization of o-Phthalaldehyde and Vinyl Monomers with Various Substituents on the Vinyl Group or in the Pendant: Effects of the Structure and Reactivity of Vinyl Monomers on Copolymerization Behavior

(2022) Keisuke Hayashi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Role of the Counteranion in the Stereospecific Living Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinylcarbazole and Vinyl Ethers: Mechanistic Investigation and Synthesis of Stereo-Designed Polymers

(2022) Hironobu Watanabe et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Alternating Cationic Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Aryl-Substituted Cyclic Acetals: Structural Investigation of Effects of Cyclic Acetals on Copolymerizability

(2022) Kazuya Maruyama et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Model and Terpenoid-Derived exo-Methylene Six-Membered Conjugated Dienes: Comprehensive Studies on Cationic and Radical Polymerizations of Substituted 3-Methylenecyclohexenes

(2022) Takenori Nishida et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photoredox Catalysis in Photocontrolled Cationic Polymerizations of Vinyl Ethers

(2022) Renee J. Sifri et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric Cationic Polymerization of Benzofuran through a Reversible Chain-Transfer Mechanism: Optically Active Polybenzofuran with Controlled Molecular Weights

(2022) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Alternating-like Cationic Copolymerization of Styrene Derivatives and Benzaldehyde: Precise Synthesis of Selectively Degradable Copoly(styrenes)

(2022) Tomoki Nara et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Cationic Polymerizability of Vinyl Acetate: Alternating Copolymerization with 1,3-Dioxolan-4-ones and Branched Copolymer Formation with Cyclic Acetals

(2022) Junichi Azuma et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene

(2022) Lei Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Poly(2,3-Dihydrofuran): A Strong, Biorenewable, and Degradable Thermoplastic Synthesized via Room Temperature Cationic Polymerization

(2022) Scott W. Spring et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal-Free Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers with Strict Temporal Control by Employing an Organophotocatalyst

(2021) Xun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Recent Advances in Living Cationic Polymerization with Emerging Initiation/Controlling Systems

(2021) Yinan Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

A Monomer‐Polymer‐Monomer (MPM) Organic Synthesis Strategy: Synthesis and Application of Polybenzofuran for Functionalizing Benzene Ring of Benzofuran

(2021) Ruimao Hua et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

Interconvertible Living Radical and Cationic Polymerization using a Dual Photoelectrochemical Catalyst

(2021) Andrei Nikolaev et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals

(2021) Brooks A. Abel et al.   SCIENCE

Photoswitching Cationic and Radical Polymerizations: Spatiotemporal Control of Thermoset Properties

(2021) Yuting Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Stereoselective Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2021) Phil C. Knutson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic, Stereoselective, Cationic Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain-Transfer Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2021) Xun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Acridinium salts as photoredox organocatalysts for photomediated cationic RAFT and DT polymerizations of vinyl ethers

(2021) Marina Matsuda et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Cationic RAFT and DT polymerization

(2021) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Organocatalytic stereoselective cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by employing a confined brønsted acid as the catalyst

(2021) Zan Yang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Design principles for intrinsically circular polymers with tunable properties

(2021) Changxia Shi et al.   Chem

Importance of Nucleophilicity of Chain-Transfer Agents for Controlled Cationic Degenerative Chain-Transfer Polymerization

(2020) Parker Thomas Boeck et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Metal-Free Living Cationic Polymerization Using Diaryliodonium Salts as Organic Lewis Acid Catalysts

(2020) Rui Haraguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy

(2020) Geoffrey W. Coates et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Dual Stimuli Switching: Interconverting Cationic and Radical Polymerizations with Electricity and Light

(2020) Michael J. Supej et al.   Chem

Biobased Cycloolefin Polymers: Carvone-Derived Cyclic Conjugated Diene with Reactive exo-Methylene Group for Regioselective and Stereospecific Living Cationic Polymerization

(2020) Takenori Nishida et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Mechanistic Insight into the Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2020) Travis P. Varner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synergistic Advances in Living Cationic and Radical Polymerizations

(2020) Masami Kamigaito et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Visible light-induced living/controlled cationic ring-opening polymerization of lactones

(2020) Lei Xia et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

(2020) Stephanie B. Borrelle et al.   SCIENCE

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Toward Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Waste (and Future) Plastics

(2020) Joshua C. Worch et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Hydrogen Bond Donor Catalyzed Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2020) Veronika Kottisch et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Control of Crystallinity and Stereocomplexation of Synthetic Carbohydrate Polymers from d ‐ and l ‐Xylose

(2020) Thomas M. McGuire et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Redefining Sustainable Polymers

(2020) Danielle E. Fagnani et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Fully Recyclable Metastable Polymers and Composites

(2019) Evan M. Lloyd et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Catalyst-controlled stereoselective cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers

(2019) A. J. Teator et al.   SCIENCE

Architectural Control of Isosorbide-Based Polyethers via Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2019) Derek J. Saxon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligand/MCl n Initiating Systems for the Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Isobutyl Vinyl Ether: Effects of the Ligand Framework

(2019) Sensho Kigoshi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

A User-friendly Living Cationic Polymerization: Degenerative Chaintransfer Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers by Simply Using Mixtures of Weak and Superstrong Protonic Acids

(2019) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Dibutyl phosphate catalyzed commercial relevant ring-opening polymerizations to bio-based polyesters

(2019) Jingjing Liu et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Synthesis and Solution Self-Assembly of Poly(1,3-dioxolane)

(2019) Huan Qiu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Electro-selective interconversion of living cationic and radical polymerizations

(2019) Jiannan Zhu et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Controlled Cationic Polymerization: Single-Component Initiation under Ambient Conditions

(2019) Veronika Kottisch et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

(2019) Joshua C. Worch et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Organocatalysis in aqueous media

(2019) Michelle P. van der Helm et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Cationic polymerization of n ‐hexyloxyallene by using halogen‐bonding organocatalysts

(2019) Koji Takagi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Structure–property relationship of phenoxyimine ligands/metal chloride initiating systems for controlled cationic polymerizations of alkyl vinyl ethers

(2019) Sensho Kigoshi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Functionalized and Degradable Polyphthalaldehyde Derivatives

(2019) J. Patrick Lutz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Alternating Degradable Copolymers of an Ionic Liquid-Type Vinyl Ether and a Conjugated Aldehyde: Precise Synthesis by Living Cationic Copolymerization and Dual Rare Thermosensitive Behavior in Solution

(2019) Daichi Yokota et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Cellulose-Derived Functional Polyacetal by Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Levoglucosenyl Methyl Ether

(2019) Tapas Debsharma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polar Thermoplastics with Tunable Physical Properties Enabled by the Stereoselective Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2019) Aaron J. Teator et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Imidodiphosphorimidate (IDPi) as an efficient organocatalyst for controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of lactones

(2019) Xun Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

[Ph3 C][B(C6 F5 )4 ]: A Highly Efficient Metal-Free Single-Component Initiator for the Helical-Sense-Selective Cationic Copolymerization of Chiral Aryl Isocyanides and Achiral Aryl Isocyanides

(2018) Xinwen Yan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electro-Controlled Living Cationic Polymerization

(2018) Wei Sang 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

Electrochemically Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2018) Brian M. Peterson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designing catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization: beyond electronic and steric tuning

(2018) Changle Chen   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Chalcogen Bonding: An Overview

(2018) Lukas Vogel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Toward Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Derived from Renewable Cyclic Esters

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Chem

Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability

(2017) Miao Hong et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Mechanistic Insight into the Photocontrolled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2017) Quentin Michaudel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

50th Anniversary Perspective: RAFT Polymerization—A User Guide

(2017) Sébastien Perrier   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: There Is a Great Future in Sustainable Polymers

(2017) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: Living Polymerization—Emphasizing the Molecule in Macromolecules

(2017) Robert B. Grubbs et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Chemical synthesis of polysaccharides and polysaccharide mimetics

(2017) Ruiqing Xiao et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Stereospecific Living Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinylcarbazole through the Design of ZnCl2-Derived Counteranions

(2017) Hironobu Watanabe et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Coenzyme-Catalyzed Electro-RAFT Polymerization

(2017) Wei Sang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Cyclic Poly(phthalaldehyde): Thermoforming a Bulk Transient Material

(2017) Adam M. Feinberg et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials production

(2017) AliReza Rahimi et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Living Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers through a Photoinduced Radical Oxidation/Addition/Deactivation Sequence

(2016) Mustafa Ciftci et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoacid-mediated ring opening polymerization driven by visible light

(2016) Changkui Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions for Macromolecular Syntheses

(2016) Sajjad Dadashi-Silab et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Halogen Bonding in Organic Synthesis and Organocatalysis

(2016) David Bulfield et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers Controlled by Visible Light

(2016) Veronika Kottisch et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible-Light-Induced Olefin Activation Using 3D Aromatic Boron-Rich Cluster Photooxidants

(2016) Marco S. Messina et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Cationic Copolymerization of Vinyl Monomers and Cyclic Acetals via Concurrent Vinyl-Addition and Ring-Opening Mechanisms

(2016) Tomoka Shirouchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

(2016) Yunqing Zhu et al.   NATURE

A phosphonium intermediate for cationic RAFT polymerization

(2016) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   Polymer Chemistry

An aromatic ion platform for enantioselective Bronsted acid catalysis

(2016) C. D. Gheewala et al.   SCIENCE

Rapid living cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by a single-molecular initiating system

(2015) Junzhe Song et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Visible Light Photoinitiated Metal-Free Living Cationic Polymerization of 4-Methoxystyrene

(2015) Andrew J. Perkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thioether-Mediated Degenerative Chain-Transfer Cationic Polymerization: A Simple Metal-Free System for Living Cationic Polymerization

(2015) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   MACROMOLECULES

In situ and readily prepared metal catalysts and initiators for living cationic polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether: dual-purpose salphen as a ligand framework for ZrCl4 and an initiating proton source

(2015) Sensho Kigoshi et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Sequence-controlled degradable polymers by controlled cationic copolymerization of vinyl ethers and aldehydes: precise placement of cleavable units at predetermined positions

(2015) Marie Kawamura et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Visible light sensitive photoinitiating systems: Recent progress in cationic and radical photopolymerization reactions under soft conditions

(2015) Pu Xiao et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Depolymerizable polymers: preparation, applications, and future outlook

(2015) Joshua A. Kaitz et al.   MRS Communications

Cationic RAFT Polymerization Using ppm Concentrations of Organic Acid

(2014) Mineto Uchiyama et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis

(2013) Christopher K. Prier et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

H(OEt2)2[P(1,2-O2C6Cl4)3]: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application as a Single-Component Initiator for the Carbocationic Polymerization of Olefins

(2013) Paul W. Siu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

End Group Characterization of Poly(phthalaldehyde): Surprising Discovery of a Reversible, Cationic Macrocyclization Mechanism

(2013) Joshua A. Kaitz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polycarbonates Derived from Glucose via an Organocatalytic Approach

(2013) Koichiro Mikami et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity in Stereospecific Living Cationic Polymerization of α-Methylstyrene at 0 °C Using FeCl3-Based Initiators: Effect of Tacticity on Thermal Properties

(2013) Sanjib Banerjee et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Diphenyl Phosphate as an Efficient Acidic Organocatalyst for Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonates Leading to Block, End-Functionalized, and Macrocyclic Polycarbonates

(2013) Kosuke Makiguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Imidodiphosphoric acid as a bifunctional catalyst for the controlled ring-opening polymerization of δ-valerolactone and ε-caprolactone

(2013) Suli Kan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

External Regulation of Controlled Polymerizations

(2012) Frank A. Leibfarth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Triarylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate salts as photoactivated acidic catalysts for ring-opening polymerisation

(2012) Ian A. Barker et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Poly-amido-saccharides: Synthesis via Anionic Polymerization of a β-Lactam Sugar Monomer

(2012) Eric L. Dane et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers Using Substituted Vinyl Halides in the Presence of Metallic Zinc

(2011) Muhammet U. Kahveci et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Phosphoric and phosphoramidic acids as bifunctional catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone: a combined experimental and theoretical study

(2011) Damien Delcroix et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Electrochemically Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

(2011) A. J. D. Magenau et al.   SCIENCE

Probe-Based 3-D Nanolithography Using Self-Amplified Depolymerization Polymers

(2010) Armin W. Knoll et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Stereoselective Living Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers at Ambient Temperature Mediated by Chiral Titanium Complexes

(2010) Padmanabhan Sudhakar et al.   ChemCatChem

Recent Progress in Living Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

(2010) Arihiro Kanazawa et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Organic acids catalyzed polymerization of ε-caprolactone: Synthesis and characterization

(2010) Ewa Oledzka et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

A stepping stone to stereospecific living cationic polymerization: Cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers using iron(II) sulfate

(2010) Arihiro Kanazawa et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Stereospecific Polymerization of Chiral Oxazolidinone-Functionalized Alkenes

(2010) Garret M. Miyake et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of δ-Valerolactone Using Triflylimide as an Efficient Cationic Organocatalyst

(2010) Ryohei Kakuchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photoinitiated Polymerization: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

(2010) Yusuf Yagci 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

Coordination Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers by Single-Site Metal Catalysts

(2009) Eugene Y.-X. Chen   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A Renaissance in Living Cationic Polymerization

(2009) Sadahito Aoshima et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Amphiphilic block copolymers containing thermally degradable poly(phthalaldehyde) blocks

(2009) Stefan Köstler et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Organo-Catalyzed ROP of ϵ-Caprolactone: Methanesulfonic Acid Competes with Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid

(2008) Stéphanie Gazeau-Bureau et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymerization of vinyl ethers using titanium catalysts containing tridentate triamine ligand of the type N[CH2CH(Ph)(Ts)N]22−

(2008) Padmanabhan Sudhakar et al.   POLYMER