Use of additives to fine-tune the composition of carbonate units in the polymer formed by copolymerization of co2 with epoxide: application to the synthesis of polycarbonate-based block copolymers and of telechelics

Xiaoshuang Feng (Inventor), Dongyue Zhang (Inventor), Yves Gnanou (Inventor), Nikolaos Hadjichristidis (Inventor)

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of making a polycarbonate, comprising contacting one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide in the presence of one or more of a Lewis acid catalyst, an initiator, and an ionic liquid; and agitating, sufficient to copolymerize the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide to create a polycarbonate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of controlling a polymer composition, comprising contacting one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide; adjusting an amount of one or more of a Lewis acid catalyst, an ionic liquid, and an initiator in the presence of the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide, sufficient to selectively modify a resulting polycarbonate; and agitating, sufficient to copolymerize the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide to create the polycarbonate.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Patent numberWO 2016203408 A1
StatePublished - Dec 22 2016

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