Epoxides can be directly transformed into linear poly(hydroxyl thioether)s by cascade O–S ER/AAROP in water and open system under mild conditions.
Polyethers and polythioethers are often made through the polymerization of epoxides and thiiranes, respectively, using Earth-abundant metal compounds. Control over polymer properties is dictated by the method used to synthesize them, which are outlined in this article.
Statistical copolymers of linear glycerol (linG) and ethyl glycidyl ether (EGE) show tunable thermoresponsive behavior. The cloud point of the highly biocompatible copolymers is tailored by polymer composition and concentration.
We present the “two-step in one pot” copolymerization of NsMAz with epoxides and PA to obtain telechelic block copolymer L-PPI-b-Poly(PO-alt-PA) after desulfonation.
The synthesis of acyclic terpenyl glycidyl ethers (TGEs) and subsequent copolymerization with ethylene oxide (EO) via anionic ring-opening polymerization (AROP) are described. 1H NMR in situ kinetics revealed the copolymer microstructures.