Synthesis of polyurethanes using organocatalysis: A perspective

Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3153-3165

  Sardon, Haritz ^a   Pascual, Ana ^a   Mecerreyes, David ^a,d   Taton, Daniel ^b   Cramail, Henri ^b   Hedrick, James L ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; RATE CONSTANTS;

DIBUTYLTIN DILAURATE; GROUP TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; METAL-BASED CATALYSTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; POLYMERIZATION REACTION; POLYURETHANE SYNTHESIS; STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATIONS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84930226258     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00384     Document Type: Review

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