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Chemoselective Polymerization Control: From Mixed‐Monomer Feedstock to Copolymers
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A novel chemoselective polymerization control yields predictable (co)polymer compositions from a mixture of monomers. Using a dizinc catalyst and a mixture of caprolactone, cyclohexene oxide, and carbon dioxide enables the selective preparation of either polyesters or polycarbonates or copoly(ester‐carbonates). The selectivity depends on the nature of the zinc–oxygen functionality at the growing polymer chain end, and can be controlled by the addition of exogeneous switch reagents.
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![Figure 4 Chemoselective polymerization control, illustrating the importance of the zinc-oxygen chain end groups. The selectivity can be rationalized if the relative rates are: k1≈k1′>k3≫k2. Where [Zn] [Zn] is defined in Figure 1 and R=growing polymer chain (PCHC/PCL/copolymer).](/paper-figures/155a2d284a5648e4ba0f2dda3347395c/chemoselective-polymerization-control-from-mixedmonomer-feedstock-to-copolymers-figure-4.jpg)


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“But as soon as CO2 was removed, the catalyst turned on the ROP of CL with no incorporation of epoxide.”
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“They found that the dizinc acetate catalyst (Zn-OAc) was an excellent catalyst for the ring-opening copolymerization of epoxide and CO2 but not for the ROP of CL.”
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“Thus, repetitive introduction and removal of CO2 resulted in the formation of multiblock poly(carbonateblock-ester).”
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“Williams developed a strategy using CO2 as a chemical switch as well as a co-monomer for the one-pot chemoselective polymerization of epoxide and CL (Scheme 8C).322”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Romain, C., & Williams, C. K.
- Affiliations
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Williams, Charlotte K.
- Venue
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-01-22
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1607-1610
- ISSN
- 1433-7851 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-3773
- PMC
- PMC4232277
- OpenAlex
- W1995353352
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 9
- FWCI
- 6.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/C544838/1, EP/K035274/1, EP/C544846/1, EP/K014676/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Keywords
- ε-caprolactone, cyclohexene oxide, carbon dioxide, polyesters, polycarbonate, copolymer composition control
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