LIVING RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC CARBONATE USING CATIONICZIRCONOCENE COMPLEX AS CATALYST

Authors
HAYAKAWA M MITANI M YAMADA T MUKAIYAMA T
Citation
M. Hayakawa et al., LIVING RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC CARBONATE USING CATIONICZIRCONOCENE COMPLEX AS CATALYST, Macromolecular rapid communications, 17(12), 1996, pp. 865-870
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecular rapid communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
10221336
Volume
17
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
865 - 870
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1336(1996)17:12<865:LRPOCC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Living ring-opening polymerization of the cyclic carbonate 1,3-dioxepa n-2-one was achieved by using the cationic zirconocene complex [Cp(2)Z rMe](+)[B(C6F5)(4)](-) as catalyst at room temperature. A linear relat ion between conversion and molecular weight of the obtained polymer wa s observed. Furthermore, block copolymerization of the cyclic carbonat e and epsilon-caprolactone was successfully performed.