scholarly journals Synthesis, structures, and catalytic efficiency in ring opening polymerization of rac-lactide with tridentate vs. bidentate cobalt(ii), zinc(ii), and cadmium(ii) complexes containing N-substituted N,N-bis((3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)amine ligands

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (31) ◽  
pp. 18840-18851
Author(s):  
Solhye Choe ◽  
Hyosun Lee ◽  
Saira Nayab

Co(ii), Zn(ii), and Cd(ii) complexes supported by bis-pyrazolyl ligands were applied to the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide to produce heterotactic polylactides (PLAs) with superior heterotactic bias i.e. Pr up to 0.94 at −25 °C.

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Ekemini D. Akpan ◽  
Bernard Omondi ◽  
Stephen O. Ojwach

Reactions of (benzimidazolylmethyl)amine ligands N-((1H-benzo[s]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-2,6-dimethylaniline (L1), N-((1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-2,6-diisopropylaniline (L2), and N-((1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-2,4,6-trimethylaniline (L3) with Mg(nBu)2 in the presence of either benzyl alcohol (BnOH) or tert-butyl alcohol (t-BuOH) afforded the respective MgII alkoxides [Mg(L1)(OBn)]2 (1), [(Mg(L2)(OBn)]2 (2), [Mg(L3)(OBn)]2 (3), [Mg(L2)(t-BuO)]2 (4). Complexes 1–4 formed efficient catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL), d,l-lactide (d,l-LA) and l-lactide (l-LA) at 110°C. The catalytic activities of these complexes in the ROP reactions were influenced by the steric effect of the ligands. Kinetic studies showed pseudo-first-order dependency on monomer. Polycaprolactone and polylactides of moderate weight-average molecular weights of 15285 and 5200 g mol−1 and fairly narrow polydispersity indexes from 1.24 to 1.58 were produced.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Park ◽  
Dmitry Yu. Zubarev ◽  
James L. Hedrick ◽  
Vivien Kiyek ◽  
Christiaan Corbet ◽  
...  

The convergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning with material science holds significant promise to rapidly accelerate development timelines of new high-performance polymeric materials. Within this context, we report an inverse design strategy for polycarbonate and polyester discovery based on a recommendation system that proposes polymerization experiments that are likely to produce materials with targeted properties. Following recommendations of the system driven by the historical ring-opening polymerization results, we carried out experiments targeting specific ranges of monomer conversion and dispersity of the polymers obtained from cyclic lactones and carbonates. The results of the experiments were in close agreement with the recommendation targets with few false negatives or positives obtained for each class.<br>


2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (23) ◽  
pp. 9232-9237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukshika S. Hewawasam ◽  
U. L. D. Inush Kalana ◽  
Nayanthara U. Dharmaratne ◽  
Thomas J. Wright ◽  
Timothy J. Bannin ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 041-050
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Wang ◽  
Ai Lin Chin ◽  
Rong Tong

Poly(α-hydroxy acids), as a family of biodegradable polyesters, are valuable materials due to their broad applications in packaging, agriculture, and biomedical engineering. Herein we highlight and explore recent advances of catalysts in controlled ring-opening polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides towards functionalized poly(α-hydroxy acids), especially metal catalyst-mediated controlled polymerization. Limitations of current polymerization strategies of O-carboxyanhydrides are discussed.


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