Switchable Polymerization Organocatalysis: From Monomer Mixtures to Block 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

Synchronous Control of Chain Length/Sequence/Topology for Precision Synthesis of Cyclic Block Copolymers from Monomer Mixtures

(2021) Michael L. McGraw et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Cobalt‐Mediated Switchable Catalysis for the One‐Pot Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers

(2021) Yajun Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Record Productivity and Unprecedented Molecular Weight for Ring‐Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides Enabled by Organoboron Catalysts

(2021) Rui Xie et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lewis‐Pair‐Catalyzed Regioselective Polymerization of (E,E)‐Alkyl Sorbates for the Synthesis of (AB)n Sequenced Polymers

(2021) Wuchao Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Alternating Copolymerization of Isobutylene Oxide and Cyclic Anhydrides: A New Route to Semicrystalline Polyesters

(2021) Lanfang Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2021) Chen Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Diverse Polycarbonates by Organocatalytic Copolymerization of CO 2 and Epoxides: From High Pressure and Temperature to Ambient Conditions

(2021) Jinbo Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Resilient Poly(α-hydroxy acids) with Improved Strength and Ductility via Scalable Stereosequence-Controlled Polymerization

(2021) Xiaoqian Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Precisely Encoding Geometric Features into Discrete Linear Polymer Chains for Robust Structural Engineering

(2021) Dongdong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Understanding metal synergy in heterodinuclear catalysts for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

(2020) Arron C. Deacy et al.   Nature Chemistry

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

All-Polycarbonate Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on Triblock Copolymers Derived from Triethylborane-Mediated Sequential Copolymerization of CO2 with Various Epoxides

(2020) Mingchen Jia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Unimolecular Anion‐Binding Catalysts for Selective Ring‐opening Polymerization of O‐carboxyanhydrides

(2020) Maosheng Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Sustainable Polyesters via Organocatalytic Ring‐Opening Polymerization of O ‐carboxyanhydrides: Advances and Perspectives

(2020) Jianqun Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Carboxylate Salts as Ideal Initiators for the Metal-Free Copolymerization of CO2 with Epoxides: Synthesis of Well-Defined Polycarbonates Diols and Polyols

(2019) Naganath G. Patil et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Easy access to oxygenated block polymers via switchable catalysis

(2019) Tim Stößer et al.   Nature Communications

Biased Lewis Pairs: A General Catalytic Approach to Ether-Ester Block Copolymers with Unlimited Ordering of Sequences

(2019) Shan Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

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

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

Pentablock Copolymer from Tetracomponent Monomer Mixture Using a Switchable Dizinc Catalyst

(2018) Thomas T. D. Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Stereoselective photoredox ring-opening polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides

(2018) Quanyou Feng et al.   Nature Communications

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

Sequence-Selective Terpolymerization from Monomer Mixtures Using a Simple Organocatalyst

(2018) Heng Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

Alternating Sequence Controlled Copolymer Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Acids via Syndioselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides Using Zirconium/Hafnium Alkoxide Initiators

(2017) Yangyang Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymers with Complex Architectures

(2017) George Polymeropoulos et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of O -Carboxyanhydrides Using a β-Diiminate Zinc Catalyst

(2016) Ruibo Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Coding and decoding libraries of sequence-defined functional copolymers synthesized via photoligation

(2016) Nicolas Zydziak et al.   Nature Communications

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

One-pot atom-efficient synthesis of bio-renewable polyesters and cyclic carbonates through tandem catalysis

(2015) Fan Jia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Iterative exponential growth of stereo- and sequence-controlled polymers

(2015) Jonathan C. Barnes et al.   Nature Chemistry

Preparation of Stereoregular Isotactic Poly(mandelic acid) through Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of a CyclicO-Carboxyanhydride

(2014) Antoine Buchard et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemoselective Polymerization Control: From Mixed-Monomer Feedstock to Copolymers

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

Information-containing macromolecules

(2014) Howard Colquhoun et al.   Nature Chemistry

New bio-renewable polyester with rich side amino groups from l-lysine via controlled ring-opening polymerization

(2014) Xiaoyu Chen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Crystalline-gradient polycarbonates prepared from enantioselective terpolymerization of meso-epoxides with CO2

(2014) Ye Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Flexibly Tethered Dinuclear Zinc Complexes: A Solution to the Entropy Problem in CO2/Epoxide Copolymerization Catalysis?

(2013) Maximilian W. Lehenmeier et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A One-Pot Synthesis of a Triblock Copolymer from Propylene Oxide/Carbon Dioxide and Lactide: Intermediacy of Polyol Initiators

(2013) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Sequence-Controlled Polymers

(2013) J.-F. Lutz et al.   SCIENCE

Enhanced Asymmetric Induction for the Copolymerization of CO2 and Cyclohexene Oxide with Unsymmetric Enantiopure SalenCo(III) Complexes: Synthesis of Crystalline CO2-Based Polycarbonate

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

Synthesis of Water-Soluble Poly(α-hydroxy acids) from Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Benzyl-l-serine Carboxyanhydrides

(2012) Yanbing Lu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Ring-opening polymerization of an O-carboxyanhydride monomer derived from l-malic acid

(2011) Ryan J. Pounder et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Architecturally Complex Polymers with Controlled Heterogeneity

(2011) K. Matyjaszewski   SCIENCE

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

Functionalized polyesters from organocatalyzed ROP of gluOCA, the O-carboxyanhydride derived from glutamic acid

(2008) Olivier Thillaye du Boullay et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS