Isospecific polymerization of racemic epoxides: a catalyst system for the synthesis of highly isotactic polyethers

Peter C. B. Widger; Syud M. Ahmed; Wataru Hirahata; Renee M. Thomas; Emil B. Lobkovsky; Geoffrey W. Coates

doi:10.1039/b926888j

Isospecific polymerization of racemic epoxides: a catalyst system for the synthesis of highly isotactic polyethers

Peter C. B. Widger, Syud M. Ahmed, Wataru Hirahata, Renee M. Thomas, Emil B. Lobkovsky, Geoffrey W. Coates

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A highly active bimetallic cobalt catalyst system is reported for the polymerization of racemic terminal epoxides to yield isotactic polyethers. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2935
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	46
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b926888j
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-018-02
Acknowledgements: We acknowledge the NSF (CHE-0809778) and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Award No. KUS-C1-018-02) for support of this research. The authors are grateful for the help of T. Mourey at Kodak for polymer molecular weight determination.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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