Protic compound mediated living cross-chain-transfer polymerization of rac-lactide: synthesis of isotactic (crystalline)–heterotactic (amorphous) stereomultiblock polylactide

Wei Zhao; Yang Wang; Xinli Liu; Xuesi Chen; Dongmei Cui; Eugene Y.-X. Chen

doi:10.1039/C2CC32680A

Protic compound mediated living cross-chain-transfer polymerization of rac-lactide: synthesis of isotactic (crystalline)–heterotactic (amorphous) stereomultiblock polylactide

Wei Zhao,^a^b Yang Wang,^a^b Xinli Liu,^a Xuesi Chen,^a Dongmei Cui*^a and Eugene Y.-X. Chen*^c

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^a State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin street, Changchun 130022, China
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^b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

^c Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, USA
E-mail: eugene.chen@colostate.edu

Abstract

A highly efficient strategy for one-pot synthesis of programmable, crystalline–amorphous stereomultiblock PLA from rac-lactide.

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The article was received on 16 Apr 2012, accepted on 09 May 2012 and first published on 09 May 2012

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32680A

Citation: Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 6375-6377

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Protic compound mediated living cross-chain-transfer polymerization of rac-lactide: synthesis of isotactic (crystalline)–heterotactic (amorphous) stereomultiblock polylactide

W. Zhao, Y. Wang, X. Liu, X. Chen, D. Cui and E. Y.-X. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6375
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32680A
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Protic compound mediated living cross-chain-transfer polymerization of rac-lactide: synthesis of isotactic (crystalline)–heterotactic (amorphous) stereomultiblock polylactide

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