Room-Temperature Ring-Opening Polymerization of δ-Valerolactone and ϵ-Caprolactone Caused by Uptake into Porous Pillar[5]arene Crystals.

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.

Published: December 2022

Confined space provides a reaction platform with altered reaction rate and selectivity compared with a homogeneous solution. In this work, porous phenolic pillar[5]arene crystals were used as a reaction space to promote and perturb equilibrium between lactones and their corresponding polyesters. Immersion of porous pillar[5]arene crystals in liquid lactones induced ring-opening polymerization of δ-valerolactone and ϵ-caprolactone at room temperature because the phenolic hydroxy groups have catalytic activity via hydrogen bonds and the pillar[5]arene cavities prefer linear guests. After the reaction, pillar[5]arene and polyesters formed pseudo-polyrotaxanes.

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