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Salt additives as activity boosters: a simple strategy to access heterometallic cooperativity in lactide polymerisation

Weronika Gruszka, Jennifer A. Garden

2022Chemical Communications19 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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.

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LactideCooperativitySalt (chemistry)PolymerizationSimple (philosophy)ChemistryChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryPolymerBiochemistryEngineeringPhilosophyEpistemologybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis