Poly stereoblock polymer synthesis

Monomers Figure3.8 shows a small selection of cyclic monomers suitable for ROP [43]. Additionally, three different stereoisomers of lactide exist as a consequence of the presence of two stereocenters per monomer unit, namely meso-, L- and d-lactide, see Fig. 3.9. Further, racemic mixture of L- and D-lactide are commercially available. While ROP of either pure l- and D-lactide enables synthesis of highly crystalline poly(L-lactic acid) or poly(D-lactic acid), ROP of rac- or wcj< -lactide with adequate catalysts allows the synthesis of stereoblock copolymers, heterotactic and syndiotactic poly(lactic acid). Notably, stereoregular PLAs display much lower rates of degradation than the amorphous atactic polymer. 

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Ovitt, T. M. Coates, G W. Stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide with a singlesite, racemic aluminum alkoxide catalyst Synthesis of stereoblock poly(lactic acid). J. Polym. ScL, Part A Polym. Chem. 2000, 38, 4686-4692. 

The Cp and its related complexes have also inherited tolerance toward functional protic groups. Ru-6 was also effective in producing very narrow MWDs (M /Mn= 1.07-1.20) of poly (MMA) and poly(HEMA) even at 0 ° C in fluorinated alcohols of (CF3)3C0H and (Cp3)2C(Ph)OH or in dimethylformamide (DMF), which were solvents for changing the syndiotacticity of the resultant polymers to rr= 50-80%. ° ° The controllability of the molecular weights along with the specific stereocontrol enabled the synthesis of stereoblock and unprecedented stereogradient polymers via ruthenium-catalyzed... 

In principle, rac-lactide, a racemic mixmre of d- and L-lactide, may be polymerized in a stereoselective fashion. Depending on the stereoselection as the ROP proceeds, the resulting polymer may thus exhibit different stereoregularities these directly influence the thermal and mechanical properties of the produced PLAs. In this regard, isotactic PLA stereoblocks and PLA stereocomplexes, which are of interest for their thermal and mechanical properties, may be produced via the ROP of rac-lactide initiated by an achiral derivative, provided the polymerization proceeds via a chain-end stereocontrolled mechanism i.e., the last inserted lactide unit stereo-controls the insertion of the incoming monomer. This strategy has been first validated using salen-based aluminum complexes such as 16 (Scheme 16, top) to produce PLLA-PDLA isotactic stereoblocks [95, 96]. Alternatively, the chiral racemic salen aluminum complex 17 was found to be suitable for the parallel stereoselective synthesis of isotactic poly(D-lactide) and poly(L-lactide) from rac-... 

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