Salt additives as activity boosters: a simple strategy to access heterometallic cooperativity in lactide polymerisation
Weronika Gruszka, Jennifer A. Garden
Abstract
, which show similar activity enhancements to pre-formed heterometallic complexes. Extremely high activities are observed, with K/Mg and K/Ca combinations converting >85 eq. lactide in 5 s at room temperature.
Topics & Concepts
LactideCooperativitySalt (chemistry)PolymerizationSimple (philosophy)ChemistryChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryPolymerBiochemistryEngineeringPhilosophyEpistemologybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis