Highly tunable metal-free ring opening polymerization of glycidol into various controlled topologies catalyzed by frustrated lewis pairs
Si Eun Kim, Yu‐Ri Lee, Minseong Kim, Eunyong Seo, Hyun‐jong Paik, Jin Chul Kim, Ji‐Eun Jeong, Young Il Park, Byeong‐Su Kim, Sang‐Ho Lee
Abstract
In this work, we investigated the metal-free frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of glycidol. It was observed that the type of Lewis bases influences on the polymer topologies and unique physical properties.
Topics & Concepts
GlycidolLewis acids and basesFrustrated Lewis pairPolymerizationRing (chemistry)CatalysisMetalPolymer chemistryPolymerChemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistrySynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsCovalent Organic Framework Applications