A combined computational and experimental study of metathesis and nucleophile-mediated exchange mechanisms in boronic ester-containing vitrimers
Jacopo Teotonico, Daniele Mantione, Laura Ballester-Bayarri, Marta Ximenis, Haritz Sardón, Nicholas Ballard, Fernando Ruipérez
Abstract
The mechanism of bond exchange in boronic-ester containing vitrimers is shown to occur by either direct metathesis or a nucleophile mediated mechanism, which can be used advantageously to give orders of magnitude increase in exchange dynamics.
Topics & Concepts
NucleophileMetathesisChemistryMechanism (biology)Combinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerizationCatalysisPhysicsPolymerQuantum mechanicsPolymer composites and self-healingPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistrySynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods