Simple magnesium alkoxides: synthesis, molecular structure, and catalytic behaviour in the ring-opening polymerization of lactide and macrolactones and in the copolymerization of maleic anhydride and propylene oxide-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Simple magnesium alkoxides: synthesis, molecular structure, and catalytic behaviour in the ring-opening polymerization of lactide and macrolactones and in the copolymerization of maleic anhydride and propylene oxide

Published:2023 Issue:23 Volume:52 Page:8077-8091
ISSN:1477-9226
Container-title:Dalton Transactions
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Author:

Wannipurage Duleeka¹,D'Aniello Sara²,Pappalardo Daniela³^ORCID,Kulathungage Lakshani Wathsala¹,Ward Cassandra L.⁴,Anderson Dennis P.⁴,Groysman Stanislav¹^ORCID,Mazzeo Mina²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202, USA

2. Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli” University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy

3. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università del Sannio, via de Sanctis snc, 82100 Benevento, Italy

4. Lumigen Instrument Center, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA

Abstract

New magnesium complexes were used as catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters to produce degradable polymers. In the ROP of macrolactones, good activity and control were achieved at room temperature, conditions generally prohibitive for macrolactones.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Inorganic Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/DT/D3DT00785E

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