Fast and selective organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization by fluorinated alcohol without a cocatalyst

Polymerizations promoted by organic catalysts can produce polymeric materials without any metallic residues contamination. Here the authors show a fluorinated alcohol based catalytic system for polypeptide synthesis from α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydride, fulfilling cocatalyst and metal free condition...

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Main Authors: Wei Zhao, Yanfeng Lv, Ji Li, Zihao Feng, Yonghao Ni, Nikos Hadjichristidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11524-y