Ring-opening polymerization of ω-pentadecalactone catalyzed by phosphazene superbases

Viko Ladelta; Panagiotis Bilalis; Yves Gnanou; Nikos Hadjichristidis

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Ring-opening polymerization of ω-pentadecalactone catalyzed by phosphazene superbases

Viko Ladelta, Panagiotis Bilalis, Yves Gnanou, Nikos Hadjichristidis

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A fast and living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ω-pentadecalactone (PDL), a representative monomer of macrolactones, was achieved using a primary alcohol as the initiator and t-BuP or t-octP as the catalyst. The use of t-BuP instead of the t-BuP superbase slows down the polymerization rate. The ROP of PDL proceeds to high conversion not only at 80 °C in bulk but also at room temperature and in dilute solution. The synthesized PDL homopolymers and block copolymers with poly(ethylene glycol) were characterized by high-temperature GPC (HT-GPC), H NMR and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Melting temperatures, determined by differential scanning calorimetry, are also reported.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	511-515
Number of pages	5
Journal	Polym. Chem.
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6py01983h
State	Published - 2017

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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

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