Group 4 metal initiators for the controlled stereoselective polymerization of lactide monomers.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 1, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.

Published: April 2011

Group 4 metal initiators with a tetradentate bis(phenolato) ligand polymerized meso-lactide efficiently under ring-opening to give syndiotactic polylactide. L-Lactide was converted faster than rac-lactide and meso-lactide.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cc10149hDOI Listing

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