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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3754-3757 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 28 May 2015 |