Photocontrolled lactide ROP by the light-regulated release of potassium acetate from an azobenzene-bridged crown ether-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photocontrolled lactide ROP by the light-regulated release of potassium acetate from an azobenzene-bridged crown ether

Published:2021 Issue:18 Volume:11 Page:6048-6052
ISSN:2044-4753
Container-title:Catalysis Science & Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Catal. Sci. Technol.

Author:

De Roover Quentin¹²,Vucko Timothé³,Vincent Stéphane P.³^ORCID,De Winter Julien²^ORCID,Coulembier Olivier¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium

2. Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (S2MOs), Materials Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium

3. Unité de Chimie Organique, Université de Namur ASBL, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium

Abstract

An azobenzene-bridged crown ether was successfully used as a photoswitch for modulating the catalytic activity of potassium acetate (KOAc) in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of l-lactide (l-LA) when initiated from an exogenous alcohol.

Funder

Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/CY/D1CY01071A

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