Lewis Pair Catalysts in the Polymerization of Lactide and Related Cyclic Esters

N-Heterocyclic Olefin-Based (Co)polymerization of a Challenging Monomer: Homopolymerization of ω-Pentadecalactone and Its Copolymers with γ-Butyrolactone, δ-Valerolactone, and ε-Caprolactone

(2017) Patrick Walther et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Application of imidazolinium salts and N-heterocyclic olefins for the synthesis of anionic and neutral tungsten imido alkylidene complexes

(2016) Dominik A. Imbrich et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-Heterocyclic olefins as efficient phase-transfer catalysts for base-promoted alkylation reactions

(2016) Marcus Blümel et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Robust Organocatalyst for the Chemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Value-Added Chemicals

(2016) Vitthal B. Saptal et al.   ChemSusChem

Controlled ring-opening polymerization ofl-lactide and ε-caprolactone catalyzed by aluminum-based Lewis pairs or Lewis acid alone

(2016) Yuushou Nakayama et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Dual Catalysis Based on N-Heterocyclic Olefins for the Copolymerization of Lactones: High Performance and Tunable Selectivity

(2016) Stefan Naumann et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones by N-Heterocyclic Olefin/Al(C6F5)3 Lewis Pairs: Structures of Intermediates, Kinetics, and Mechanism

(2016) Qianyi Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Development and Applications of Transesterification Reactions Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Olefins

(2016) Marcus Blümel et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Improved synthesis of N -heterocyclic olefins and evaluation of their donor strengths

(2016) Kate Powers et al.   POLYHEDRON

Update and challenges in organo-mediated polymerization reactions

(2016) Winnie Nzahou Ottou et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Insights into the mechanism for ring-opening polymerization of lactide catalyzed by Zn(C6F5)2/organic superbase Lewis pairs

(2016) Xiao-Qing Li et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Organocatalysts for Polymerization: Preparation of Well-Defined Poly(propylene oxide)

(2015) Stefan Naumann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

From meso-Lactide to Isotactic Polylactide: Epimerization by B/N Lewis Pairs and Kinetic Resolution by Organic Catalysts

(2015) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dual Catalysis for Selective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones: Evolution toward Simplicity

(2015) Stefan Naumann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanistic Aspects of Initiation and Deactivation in N-Heterocyclic Olefin Mediated Polymerization of Acrylates with Alane as Activator

(2014) Yin-Bao Jia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

‘Immortal’ ring-opening polymerization of ω-pentadecalactone by Mg(BHT)2(THF)2

(2014) James A. Wilson et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Neutral and Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Zinc Adducts and the BnOH/Zn(C6F5)2Binary Mixture - Characterization and Use in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone, Lactide, and Trimethylene Carbonate

(2013) Gilles Schnee et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Preparation of 2-Alkylidene-Substituted 1,3,4,5-Tetramethylimidazolines and Their Reactivity Towards RhIComplexes and B(C6F5)3

(2013) Sabrina Kronig et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ring-Opening Polymerization with Zn(C6F5)2-Based Lewis Pairs: Original and Efficient Approach to Cyclic Polyesters

(2013) Estefanía Piedra-Arroni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fast CO2 Sequestration, Activation, and Catalytic Transformation Using N-Heterocyclic Olefins

(2013) Yan-Bo Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Organic Catalysis for Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2012) Andrew P. Dove   ACS Macro Letters

Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin

(2011) S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A dual organic/organometallic approach for catalytic ring-opening polymerization

(2011) Estefanía Piedra-Arroni et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ring openings of lactone and ring contractions of lactide by frustrated Lewis pairs

(2011) Christoph Kreitner et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS