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Polymerization of Enantiopure Monomers Using Syndiospecific Catalysts: A New Approach To Sequence Control in Polymer Synthesis

John W. Kramer, Daniel S. Treitler, Erin W. Dunn, Pascal M. Castro, Thierry Roisnel, C.M. Thomas, Geoffrey W. Coates

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 255 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

The ring-opening polymerization of a mixture of enantiomerically pure but different monomers using an yttrium complex as initiator proceeds readily at room temperature to give the corresponding highly alternating polyester.

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Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia

Polymers and Polymer Composites · 1996 · 1.7K citations

Discrete Metal‐Based Catalysts for the Copolymerization of CO<sub>2</sub> and Epoxides: Discovery, Reactivity, Optimization, and Mechanism

Geoffrey W. Coates, David R. Moore · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Block copolymers: synthetic strategies, physical properties, and applications

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 639 citations

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Single-Site Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization:  Synthesis of Heterotactic Poly(lactic acid) from <i>rac</i>-Lactide

Ming Cheng, Athula B. Attygalle, Emil B. Lobkovsky et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1999 · 594 citations

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Remarkable Stereocontrol in the Polymerization of Racemic Lactide Using Aluminum Initiators Supported by Tetradentate Aminophenoxide Ligands

Pimpa Hormnirun, E.L. Marshall, V.C. Gibson et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 523 citations

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