Issue 16, 2012
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Chemical Communications

A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide†

Charles Romain,a   Benoît Heinrich,b   Stéphane Bellemin Laponnaz*b  and  Samuel Dagorne*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratoire DECOMET, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
E-mail: dagorne@unistra.fr

b IPCMS, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess BP 43, 67070 Strasbourg, France
E-mail: bellemin@unistra.fr

Abstract

A readily accessible and robust Zr–NHC complex was found to polymerize rac-lactide in a highly controlled, living and stereoselective manner to afford heterotactic PLA.

Graphical abstract: A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC16819G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Nov 2011
Accepted
23 Dec 2011
First published
04 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2213-2215

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A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

C. Romain, B. Heinrich, S. B. Laponnaz and S. Dagorne, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2213 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16819G

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