Biomedical research amination applications

We must mention that intensive research is on-going in the design of metal-free catalysts for the REX ROP of lactide. By comparison with metal-based catalysts like Sn(Oct)2, the advantages of these metal-free catalysts are that they are less harmful for biomedical applications and readily removed during, e.g., extrusion processes. Among the simplest ones, some selected enzymes, tertiary amines, urea- and iodine-based compounds, phosphines and carbenes have proven efficient metal-free catalysts. However, most of these investigations have shown that these metal-free catalysts are less active and may yield intensive side-reactions, such as epimerization, when applied during bulk REX ROP of LA. ... 

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