| Literature DB >> 26388298 |
Jian-Bo Zhu1, Eugene Y-X Chen1.
Abstract
B/N Lewis pairs have been discovered to catalyze rapid epimerization of meso-lactide (LA) or LA diastereomers quantitatively into rac-LA. The obtained rac-LA is kinetically polymerized into poly(L-lactide) and optically resolved D-LA, with a high stereoselectivity k(L)/k(D) of 53 and an ee of 91% at 50.6% monomer conversion, by newly designed bifunctional chiral catalyst 4 that incorporates three key elements (β-isocupreidine core, thiourea functionality, and chiral BINAM) into a single organic molecule. The epimerization and enantioselective polymerization can be coupled into a one-pot process for transforming meso-LA directly into poly(L-lactide) and D-LA.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26388298 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08658
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419