Zwitterionic polymerization of lactide to cyclic poly(lactide) by using N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2627-2630

  Culkin, Darcy A ^a   Jeong, Wonhee ^a   Csihony, Szilárd ^a   Gomez, Enrique D ^b   Balsara, Nitash P ^b   Hedrick, James L ^c   Waymouth, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Lactides; N heterocyclic carbenes; Ring opening polymerization; Zwitterionic polymerization

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYDISPERSITY; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EXCEPTIONAL CONTROL; LACTIDES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ZWITTERIONIC POLYMERIZATION;

ESTERS;

CARBENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; LACTIC ACID; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; LACTIC ACID; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYESTERS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 34250849662     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604740     Document Type: Article

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