Issue 38, 2011
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Chemical Communications

An energy efficient and facile synthesis of high molecular weight polyesters using ketenes†

Martin Wolffs,‡a   Matthew J. Kade‡ab  and  Craig J. Hawker*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Materials Research Laboratory, USA
E-mail: hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu

b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, USA

c Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Abstract

A facile, ketene-based strategy for the synthesis of polyesters from stable Meldrum's acid monomers has been developed which overcomes many issues associated with traditional step-growth procedures. A significant increase in polymerization efficiency is observed with only 10 min reaction time at 220 °C being needed to obtain high molecular weight polymers.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC14055H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jul 2011
Accepted
14 Aug 2011
First published
30 Aug 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10572-10574

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An energy efficient and facile synthesis of high molecular weight polyesters using ketenes

M. Wolffs, M. J. Kade and C. J. Hawker, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10572 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14055H

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