Volume 42, Issue 3 2000378
Communication

Organocatalytic Synthesis of Alkyne-Functional Aliphatic Polycarbonates via Ring-Opening Polymerization of an Eight-Membered-N-Cyclic Carbonate

Panagiotis Bexis

Panagiotis Bexis

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK

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Julien De Winter

Julien De Winter

Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, Mons, B-7000 Belgium

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Maria C. Arno

Maria C. Arno

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK

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Olivier Coulembier

Corresponding Author

Olivier Coulembier

Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, Mons, B-7000 Belgium

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Andrew P. Dove

Corresponding Author

Andrew P. Dove

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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First published: 09 September 2020
Citations: 9

Abstract

The synthesis of well-defined propargyl-functional aliphatic polycarbonates is achieved via the organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of prop-2-yn-1-yl 2-oxo-1,3,6-dioxazocane-6-carboxylate (P-8NC) using a wide variety of commercially available or readily made, shelf-stable organocatalysts. The resulting homopolymers show low dispersities and end-group fidelity, with the versatility of the system being demonstrated by the synthesis of telechelic copolymers and block copolymers with molar mass up to 40 kDa.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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