Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Via Bifunctional Organoboron Catalysts

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

(2020) Wen-Bing Li et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Biorenewable α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone toward Functional Copolyesters: Preparation and Composition Dependent Thermal Properties

(2020) Zhichao Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Scalable Bifunctional Organoboron Catalysts for Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides with Unprecedented Efficiency

(2020) Guan-Wen Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Scalable, Durable, and Recyclable Metal‐Free Catalysts for Highly Efficient Conversion of CO 2 to Cyclic Carbonates

(2020) Yao‐Yao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism

(2019) Adrian Domiński et al.   Polymers

Lanthanide Complexes Supported by a Trizinc Crown Ether as Catalysts for Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxide and CO2 : Telomerization Controlled by Carboxylate Anions

(2018) Haruki Nagae et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reinvestigation of the mechanism of polymerization of β-butyrolactone from 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene

(2018) S. Moins et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Chemical synthesis of perfectly isotactic and high melting bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from bio-sourced racemic cyclic diolide

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Functional Polyamides: A Sustainable Access via Lysine Cyclization and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2018) Wenjing He et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Opportunities for organocatalysis in polymer synthesis via step-growth methods

(2018) Amaury Bossion et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Understanding the phosphoric acid catalysed ring opening polymerisation of β-Butyrolactone and other cyclic esters

(2017) Emily K. Macdonald et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

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

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

(2017) Shuangyan Hu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

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

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

Update and challenges in organo-mediated polymerization reactions

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

Branched aliphatic polyesters by ring-opening (co)polymerization

(2016) Melania Bednarek   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

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

New Insights into the Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Catalyzed by Chromium(III) Salphen Complexes

(2015) Sergei Vagin et al.   ChemCatChem

Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymers: Renewable, Degradable, and Sustainable

(2014) Marc A. Hillmyer et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate as an efficient organocatalyst for ring-opening polymerization of β-butyrolactone leading to end-functionalized and diblock polyesters

(2014) Kosuke Makiguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Block or Random Copolymers of β-Butyrolactone and Benzyl β-Malolactone: A Matter of Catalytic Tuning

(2013) Cédric G. Jaffredo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Kinetic Investigation on the Catalytic Ring-Opening (Co)Polymerization of (Macro)Lactones Using Aluminum Salen Catalysts

(2013) M. P. F. Pepels et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymerization of cyclic esters using N-heterocyclic carbene carboxylate catalysts

(2013) Emilie Brulé et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Controlled ROP of β-Butyrolactone Simply Mediated by Amidine, Guanidine, and Phosphazene Organocatalysts

(2012) Cédric G. Jaffredo et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Organic Catalysis for Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2012) Andrew P. Dove   ACS Macro Letters

Polymerization of racemic β-butyrolactone using supported catalysts: a simple access to isotactic polymers

(2010) Noureddine Ajellal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

High Molecular Weight Poly(α,α′,β-trisubstituted β-lactones) As Generated by Metal-Free Phosphazene Catalysts.

(2010) Julien De Winter et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Highly selective transformation of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] into trans-crotonic acid by catalytic thermal degradation

(2010) Hidayah Ariffin et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Variably Isotactic Poly(hydroxybutyrate) from Racemic β-Butyrolactone: Microstructure Control by Achiral Chromium(III) Salophen Complexes

(2008) Manuela Zintl et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Counterion and solvent effects on the anionic polymerization of β-butyrolactone initiated with acetic acid salts

(2008) Michal Kawalec et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Determination of multiple thermal degradation mechanisms of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

(2008) Hidayah Ariffin et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY