TY - JOUR
T1 - The cobalt-catalyzed alternating copolymerization of epoxides and carbon monoxide
T2 - A novel approach to polyesters
AU - Allmendinger, Markus
AU - Eberhardt, Robert
AU - Luinstra, Gerrit
AU - Rieger, Bernhard
PY - 2002/5/22
Y1 - 2002/5/22
N2 - The metal-catalyzed synthesis of polyolefins, polyketones, and polycarbonates is well-known in academia and is already successfully applied in industrial processes. Still missing, however, is the metal-catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic polyesters, as one of the most important biodegradeable polymer families. We report here on the cobalt-catalyzed alternating copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon monoxide, affording atactic and isotactic polyhydroxybutyrates (PHB). The postulated mechanism is supported by online ATR-IR analytics.
AB - The metal-catalyzed synthesis of polyolefins, polyketones, and polycarbonates is well-known in academia and is already successfully applied in industrial processes. Still missing, however, is the metal-catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic polyesters, as one of the most important biodegradeable polymer families. We report here on the cobalt-catalyzed alternating copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon monoxide, affording atactic and isotactic polyhydroxybutyrates (PHB). The postulated mechanism is supported by online ATR-IR analytics.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja0256919
DO - 10.1021/ja0256919
M3 - Article
C2 - 12010031
AN - SCOPUS:0037157152
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 124
SP - 5646
EP - 5647
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 20
ER -