An activated equivalent of lactide toward organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16442-16443

  Thillaye Du Boullay, Olivier ^a   Marchal, Emmanuel ^a   Martin Vaca, Blanca ^a   Cossío, Fernando P ^b   Bourissou, Didier ^a  

^a UMR 5069) 118 route de Narbonne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOPYRIDINE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; HYDROXYACID; LACTIDE; LACTONE; MONOMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING OPENING; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATALYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33845961531     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja067046y     Document Type: Article

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