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

Lewis pairs for ring-opening alternating copolymerization of cyclic anhydrides and epoxides

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

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

(2018) Ye Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ring-Opening Polymerization with Lewis Pairs and Subsequent Nucleophilic Substitution: A Promising Strategy to Well-Defined Polyethylene-like Polyesters without Transesterification

(2018) Bin Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Well-Defined and Structurally Diverse Aromatic Alternating Polyesters Synthesized by Simple Phosphazene Catalysis

(2018) Heng Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Highly Active Organic Lewis Pairs for the Copolymerization of Epoxides with Cyclic Anhydrides: Metal-Free Access to Well-Defined Aliphatic Polyesters

(2018) Lan-Fang Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled and Efficient Polymerization of Conjugated Polar Alkenes by Lewis Pairs Based on Sterically Hindered Aryloxide-Substituted Alkylaluminum

(2018) Xiaojun Wang et al.   MOLECULES

Reversible-deactivation anionic alternating ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides: access to orthogonally functionalizable multiblock aliphatic polyesters

(2018) Maria J. Sanford et al.   Chemical Science

Alternating copolymerization of epoxides with anhydrides initiated by organic bases

(2017) Zdeněk Hošťálek et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

A roadmap towards green packaging: the current status and future outlook for polyesters in the packaging industry

(2017) M. Rabnawaz et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

New Chemistry in Functional Aliphatic Polyesters

(2017) Rong Tong   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Mechanistic Insights into the Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides Using a (Salph)AlCl and Iminium Salt Catalytic System

(2017) Megan E. Fieser et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Semiaromatic Polyesters Derived from Renewable Terpene Oxides with High Glass Transitions

(2017) Leticia Peña Carrodeguas et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Cationic Co–Salphen Complexes Bisligated by DMAP as Catalysts for the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with Phthalic Anhydride or Carbon Dioxide

(2017) Masahiro Hatazawa et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stereoregular CO2 Copolymers from Epoxides with an Electron-Withdrawing Group: Crystallization and Unexpected Stereocomplexation

(2017) Wei-Min Ren et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Self-Buffering Organocatalysis Tailoring Alternating Polyester

(2017) Heng Li 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 Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides with Discrete Metal Complexes: Structure–Property Relationships

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

A new solution for removing metal-based catalyst residues from a biodegradable polymer

(2016) B. Bahramian et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Electronic Effects of Aluminum Complexes in the Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Tricyclic Anhydrides: Access to Well-Defined, Functionalizable Aliphatic Polyesters

(2016) Nathan J. Van Zee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Development of Highly Active and Regioselective Catalysts for the Copolymerization of Epoxides with Cyclic Anhydrides: An Unanticipated Effect of Electronic Variation

(2016) Angela M. DiCiccio et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

End of Frustration: Catalytic Precision Polymerization with Highly Interacting Lewis Pairs

(2016) Maximilian G. M. Knaus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemoselective Polymerizations from Mixtures of Epoxide, Lactone, Anhydride, and Carbon Dioxide

(2016) Charles Romain 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

Highly Cis/Trans-Stereoselective (ONSO)CrCl-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Norbornene Anhydrides and Epoxides

(2016) Bing Han et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2016) Stefan Naumann et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide and Cyclohexene Oxide with Tricyclic Anhydrides: Access to Partially Renewable Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures

(2016) Maria J. Sanford 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

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

Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Biorenewable Terpene-Based Cyclic Anhydrides: A Sustainable Route to Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures

(2015) Nathan J. Van Zee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP): synthesis and properties of polyesters and polycarbonates

(2015) Shyeni Paul et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Renewable polycarbonates and polyesters from 1,4-cyclohexadiene

(2015) Matthias Winkler et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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

(2015) Yunqing 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

Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controllable Synthesis of Stereoregular Polyesters by Organocatalytic Alternating Copolymerizations of Cyclohexene Oxide and Norbornene Anhydrides

(2015) Bing Han et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Functional polyesters derived from alternating copolymerization of norbornene anhydride and epoxides

(2015) Ryan Baumgartner et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Manganese-Corrole Complexes as Versatile Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Homo- and Co-Polymerization of Epoxide

(2014) Carine Robert et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Probing Site Cooperativity of Frustrated Phosphine/Borane Lewis Pairs by a Polymerization Study

(2014) Tieqi Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Poly(propylene succinate): A New Polymer Stereocomplex

(2014) Julie M. Longo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Di-magnesium and zinc catalysts for the copolymerization of phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide

(2014) Prabhjot K. Saini et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Controlled Divinyl Monomer Polymerization Mediated by Lewis Pairs: A Powerful Synthetic Strategy for Functional Polymers

(2014) Yin-Bao Jia et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Efficient catalyst removal and recycling in copolymerization of epoxides with carbon dioxide via simple liquid–liquid phase separation

(2013) Koji Nakano et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

Studies of Ring-Opening Reactions of Styrene Oxide by Chromium Tetraphenylporphyrin Initiators. Mechanistic and Stereochemical Considerations

(2013) Nicole D. Harrold et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Trivalent cobalt complex mediated formation of stereoregular CO2 copolymers from phenyl glycidyl ether

(2013) Wei-Min Ren et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

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

Alternating Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Anhydrides: Effect of Catalyst, Cocatalyst, and Anhydride Structure

(2012) Elham Hosseini Nejad et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Binuclear chromium–salan complex catalyzed alternating copolymerization of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides

(2012) Jie Liu et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Stereoregular polycarbonate synthesis: Alternating copolymerization of CO2 with aliphatic terminal epoxides catalyzed by multichiral cobalt(III) complexes

(2011) Wei-Min Ren et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride with Epoxides: A Chain-Growth Approach to Unsaturated Polyesters

(2011) Angela M. DiCiccio et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tandem synthesis of alternating polyesters from renewable resources

(2011) Carine Robert et al.   Nature Communications

Alane-Based Classical and Frustrated Lewis Pairs in Polymer Synthesis: Rapid Polymerization of MMA and Naturally Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones into High-Molecular-Weight Polymers

(2010) Yuetao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Highly Active and Recyclable Catalytic System for CO2/Propylene Oxide Copolymerization

(2008) Sujith S et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A phase separable polycarbonate polymerization catalyst

(2007) Chayanant Hongfa et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS