Fast and selective organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization by fluorinated alcohol without a cocatalyst

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 3590 - 11
• Main Authors: Zhao, Wei, Lv, Yanfeng, Li, Ji, Feng, Zihao, Ni, Yonghao, Hadjichristidis, Nikos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.08.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/131; 140/58; 147/135; 639/638/549/941; 639/638/77/889; Alcohol; Alcohols; Alcohols - chemistry; Amino acids; Amino Acids - chemistry; Biomedical materials; Catalysis; Catalysts; Chains (polymeric); Chemical synthesis; Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic - methods; Domains; Fluorination; Food packaging; Halogenation; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen bonding; Hydrogen bonds; Monomers; multidisciplinary; Peptides - chemical synthesis; Polymerization; Polymers; Polypeptides; Propagation (polymerization); Ring opening polymerization; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Selectivity

Organocatalysis is an important branch of catalysis for various organic transformations and materials preparation. Polymerizations promoted by organic catalysts can produce polymeric materials without any metallic residues, providing charming materials for high-value and sensitive domains such as bi...