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Chemical Communications

Polymerization of racemic β-butyrolactone using supported catalysts: a simple access to isotactic polymers†

Noureddine Ajellal,a   Guillaume Durieux,b   Laurent Delevoye,c   Grégory Tricot,c   Christophe Dujardin,c   Christophe M. Thomas*b  and  Régis M. Gauvin*c  

* Corresponding authors

a University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

b Chimie ParisTech, UMR CNRS 7223, 75005 Paris, France
E-mail: christophe-thomas@chimie-paristech.fr
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Tel: +33(0)144276721

c Université Lille Nord de France ENSCL, UMR CNRS 8181, Cité Scientifique, BP 90108, 59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
E-mail: regis-gauvin@ensc-lille.fr
Fax: +33(0)320436585
Tel: +33(0)320436754

Abstract

Grafting of [Ln(BH4)3(THF)3] (Ln = La, Nd) onto silica affords materials containing well-identified bis(borohydride) surface species. The neodymium-decorated silica converts the β-butyrolactone monomer into highly isotactic poly(β-hydroxybutyrate). Under similar conditions, the molecular precursor gives rise to an atactic polymer.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B923546A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Nov 2009
Accepted
11 Dec 2009
First published
08 Jan 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1032-1034

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Polymerization of racemic β-butyrolactone using supported catalysts: a simple access to isotactic polymers

N. Ajellal, G. Durieux, L. Delevoye, G. Tricot, C. Dujardin, C. M. Thomas and R. M. Gauvin, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1032 DOI: 10.1039/B923546A

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