A squaramide and tertiary amine: An excellent hydrogen-bonding pair organocatalyst for living polymerization

Jingjing Liu, Cheng Chen, Zhenjiang Li, Wenzhuo Wu, Xu Zhi, Qiguo Zhang, Hao Wu, Xin Wang, Saide Cui, Kai Guo

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Abstract

A hydrogen-bond motif based on a squaramide and sparteine efficiently promoted the ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide at ambient temperature. Narrowly dispersed polymers with precise molar masses (D = 1.05, Mn = 16 240 g mol-1) were obtained in a short reaction time (98% conv., 11 h) and with retention of stereochemistry. Experimental data and computational results indicated that the squaramide and sparteine pair is a competent H-bond donor-acceptor catalyst in living polymerization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3754-3757
Number of pages4
JournalPolymer Chemistry
Volume6
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 2015

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