Towards a selective synthetic route for cobalt amino acid complexes and their application in ring opening polymerization of <i>rac</i>-lactide
Andrés Castro Ruiz, Krishna K. Damodaran, Sigrídur G. Suman
Abstract
Catalysts based on Co, amino acids, and 2,2-bipyridine present an attractive and economic alternative in ring opening polymerization, and possess advantageous ligand coordination properties combined with a variety of accessible oxidation states and coordination geometries.
Topics & Concepts
PolymerizationCobaltLactideChemistryRing (chemistry)Polymer chemistryRing-opening polymerizationCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis