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Latent, Thermally Activated Organic Catalysts for the On‐Demand Living Polymerization of Lactide
Author(s) -
Coulembier Olivier,
Dove Andrew P.,
Pratt Russell C.,
Sentman Alan C.,
Culkin Darcy A.,
Mespouille Laetitia,
Dubois Philippe,
Waymouth Robert M.,
Hedrick James L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200500723
Subject(s) - polymerization , lactide , catalysis , ring opening polymerization , polymer , component (thermodynamics) , on demand , chemistry , adduct , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , physics , multimedia , thermodynamics
It's all about control : Alcohol adducts of stable N‐heterocyclic carbenes function as excellent single‐component catalysts/initiators for the ring‐opening polymerization of lactide (see scheme). This polymerization can be reversibly terminated simply by modulating the temperature. The use of multifunctional macroinitiators enables the synthesis of more complex polymer architectures.