Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters/lactones by efficient catalysts is a powerful method for synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters with well-defined structures. To develop catalytic systems that are fast, selective and controlled is a persistent effort of chemists. I...
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doaj-97e3614678784e4dbfed5488f41231d32020-11-24T23:59:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462018-11-01610.3389/fchem.2018.00547421640Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and AlkoxidesZe KanWenlong LuoTong ShiChuanzhi WeiBinghao HanDejuan ZhengShaofeng LiuRing-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters/lactones by efficient catalysts is a powerful method for synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters with well-defined structures. To develop catalytic systems that are fast, selective and controlled is a persistent effort of chemists. In this contribution, we report a binary urea/alkoxide catalytic system that could catalyze ROP of rac-LA in a fast (over 90% conversion within 1–2 min), stereoselective (Pi up to 0.93) and controlled manner, indicated by narrow MW distributions, linear relationship between the monomer conversions and Mns, end-group fidelity, and chain extension experiments. Remarkably, the catalytic system described here is simple, easily prepared, and structurally tunable and thus has versatile catalytic performances.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00547/fullhomogeneous catalysisring-opening polymerizationstereoselective catalysisbiodegradable polyesterrac-lactide |
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Ze Kan Wenlong Luo Tong Shi Chuanzhi Wei Binghao Han Dejuan Zheng Shaofeng Liu Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides Frontiers in Chemistry homogeneous catalysis ring-opening polymerization stereoselective catalysis biodegradable polyester rac-lactide |
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Ze Kan Wenlong Luo Tong Shi Chuanzhi Wei Binghao Han Dejuan Zheng Shaofeng Liu |
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Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides |
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Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides |
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Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides |
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Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides |
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Facile Preparation of Stereoblock PLA From Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide by a Synergetic Binary Catalytic System Containing Ureas and Alkoxides |
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facile preparation of stereoblock pla from ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide by a synergetic binary catalytic system containing ureas and alkoxides |
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Frontiers in Chemistry |
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2296-2646 |
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Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters/lactones by efficient catalysts is a powerful method for synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters with well-defined structures. To develop catalytic systems that are fast, selective and controlled is a persistent effort of chemists. In this contribution, we report a binary urea/alkoxide catalytic system that could catalyze ROP of rac-LA in a fast (over 90% conversion within 1–2 min), stereoselective (Pi up to 0.93) and controlled manner, indicated by narrow MW distributions, linear relationship between the monomer conversions and Mns, end-group fidelity, and chain extension experiments. Remarkably, the catalytic system described here is simple, easily prepared, and structurally tunable and thus has versatile catalytic performances. |
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homogeneous catalysis ring-opening polymerization stereoselective catalysis biodegradable polyester rac-lactide |
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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00547/full |
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