Premium
Alane‐Based Classical and Frustrated Lewis Pairs in Polymer Synthesis: Rapid Polymerization of MMA and Naturally Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones into High‐Molecular‐Weight Polymers
Author(s) -
Zhang Yuetao,
Miyake Garret M.,
Chen Eugene Y.X.
Publication year - 2010
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.201005534
Subject(s) - frustrated lewis pair , polymerization , polymer , lewis acids and bases , methylene , methyl methacrylate , polymer chemistry , methacrylate , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , catalysis
Frustrated growth : Al(C 6 F 5 ) 3 ‐based classical and frustrated Lewis pairs with select phosphines or N‐heterocyclic carbenes exhibit exceptional activity in polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and naturally renewable methylene butyrolactones (M)MBL at ambient temperature, thereby affording high‐molecular‐weight PMMA and environmentally sustainable P(M)MBL (see scheme).