Isospecific Polymerization of Racemic Epoxides: a Catalyst System for the Synthesis of Highly Isotactic Polyethers

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

Isospecific Polymerization of Racemic Epoxides: a Catalyst System for the Synthesis of Highly Isotactic Polyethers

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Widger, Peter C.B.

Ahmed, Syud M.

Hirahata, Wataru

Thomas, Renee M.

Lobkovsky, Emil B.

Coates, Geoffrey W.

Abstract

A highly active bimetallic cobalt catalyst system is reported for the polymerization of racemic terminal epoxides to yield isotactic polyethers.

Sponsorship

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

Date Issued

2010-03-22

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Keywords

Isospecific Polymerization

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racemic epoxides

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Chemical Communications, 46, Mar 2010, 2935-2937

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