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High‐Throughput Automated Parallel Evaluation of Zinc‐Based Catalysts for the Copolymerization of CHO and CO 2 to Polycarbonates
Author(s) -
van Meerendonk Wouter J.,
Duchateau Robbert,
Koning Cor E.,
Gruter GertJan M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200300255
Subject(s) - polycarbonate , cyclohexene oxide , copolymer , catalysis , cyclohexene , zinc , oxide , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry
Summary: Copolymerization of CO 2 and oxiranes using high‐pressure autoclaves typically allows one experiment per reactor per day. As a high‐throughput approach for this chemistry would be extremely valuable, a parallel setup has been validated for the copolymerization of CO 2 and cyclohexene oxide (CHO) with two β ‐diiminato zinc complexes. Molecular weights, polydispersities and activities were found to be comparable with literature values.Polycarbonate from cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and CO 2 .