| Literature DB >> 29712329 |
Fredrik Nederberg1, Eric F Connor1, Michael Möller1, Thierry Glauser1, James L Hedrick1.
Abstract
A metal-free approach to the living ring-opening polymerization (ROP, shown schematically) of lactide has been developed using strongly basic amines such as 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine as transesterification catalysts. These organic catalysts must be used in combination with a nucleophile such as an alcohol, which is the actual initiating species.Entities:
Keywords: catalysts; lactide; polymerization; ring-opening polymerization; transesterification
Year: 2001 PMID: 29712329 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010716)40:14<2712::AID-ANIE2712>3.0.CO;2-Z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336