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Mild and Efficient Preparation of Block and Gradient Copolymers by Methanesulfonic Acid Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Caprolactone and Trimethylene Carbonate
Polycaprolactone/polytrimethylene
carbonate copolymers of different
microstructures have been prepared in toluene solution under mild
conditions by controlled ring-opening polymerization of Δ-caprolactone
and trimethylene carbonate with methanesulfonic acid as catalyst.
Sequential addition of the monomers led to the formation of well-defined
di- and tri-block copolymers, demonstrating the ability of the catalytic
system to cross-propagate. Simultaneous copolymerization yielded gradient
copolymers as a result of the different copolymerization reactivity
ratios and absence of undesirable redistribution reactions. DSC analyses
showed a noticeable impact of the copolymer microstructure on the
thermal properties
5âMethylene-1,3-dioxane-2-one: A First-Choice Comonomer for Trimethylene Carbonate
5-Methylene-1,3-dioxane-2-one (exTMC), a six-membered
ring cyclic carbonate bearing an exocyclic methylene group, has been
investigated as comonomer for trimethylene carbonate (TMC) with the
aim to prepare functionalized polycarbonates. Using methane sulfonic
acid (MSA) as an organocatalyst, exTMC and TMC copolymerize in a controlled
manner to lead to copolymers of adjusted composition and high randomness
(the corresponding reactivity ratios have been determined by the BeckinghamâSanojaâLynd
(BSL) method as 0.93â0.95 and 1.04â1.07 for exTMC and
TMC, respectively). Subsequent thiol-ene reaction on the exomethylene
group with thioglycolic acid or thioglycerol provides aliphatic polycarbonates
with adjustable amounts of COOH or OH groups randomly distributed
along the polymer chains
5âMethylene-1,3-dioxane-2-one: A First-Choice Comonomer for Trimethylene Carbonate
5-Methylene-1,3-dioxane-2-one (exTMC), a six-membered
ring cyclic carbonate bearing an exocyclic methylene group, has been
investigated as comonomer for trimethylene carbonate (TMC) with the
aim to prepare functionalized polycarbonates. Using methane sulfonic
acid (MSA) as an organocatalyst, exTMC and TMC copolymerize in a controlled
manner to lead to copolymers of adjusted composition and high randomness
(the corresponding reactivity ratios have been determined by the BeckinghamâSanojaâLynd
(BSL) method as 0.93â0.95 and 1.04â1.07 for exTMC and
TMC, respectively). Subsequent thiol-ene reaction on the exomethylene
group with thioglycolic acid or thioglycerol provides aliphatic polycarbonates
with adjustable amounts of COOH or OH groups randomly distributed
along the polymer chains