Lithium achieves sequence selective ring-opening terpolymerisation (ROTERP) of ternary monomer mixtures
Susanne M. Rupf, Patrick Pröhm, Alex J. Plajer
Abstract
other polymerisation methodologies. The choice of alkali metal is key to achieve high activity and to control the terpolymer sequence. ROTERP is mechanistically compatible with ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) allowing switchable catalysis for blockpolymer synthesis. The ROTERP demonstrated in this study could be the first example of an entirely new family of sequence selective terpolymerisations.
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Ternary operationSequence (biology)MonomerRing (chemistry)Lithium (medication)ChemistryMaterials scienceComputer scienceOrganic chemistryPolymerPsychologyBiochemistryProgramming languagePsychiatryCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisChemical Synthesis and Reactionsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties