Bench-stable potassium complexes for living and isoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide was written by Ren, Fangping;Li, Xinlei;Xian, Ji;Han, Xinning;Cao, Luya;Pan, Xiaobo;Wu, Jincai. And the article was included in Journal of Polymer Science (Hoboken, NJ, United States) in 2022.HPLC of Formula: 111-46-6 This article mentions the following:
To develop bench-stable and nontoxic catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of lactides is of importance with the aim of reducing costs in industrial production Although, recently, some potassium complexes have been reported for the living polymerization of rac-lactide (rac-LA), the moisture sensitivities of these complexes prevent their further applications in the mild polymerization condition. In this work, three bench-stable potassium phenolates as isoselective catalysts for the ROP of rac-LA were reported, and the moisture stability of these complexes does not inhibit their high activity under mild conditions even in the presence of trace water (2.0 equiv relative to the catalysts) or unpurified solvents. The controllable polymerization reactions can afford polylactides with desirable mol. weights, which can be high up to Mn = 80.0 kg/mol at an anhydrous condition and Mn = 54.3 kg/mol in presence of trace water. A best isoselectivity of Pm = 0.83 also can be achieved in this system at -70°C. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 2,2′-Oxybis(ethan-1-ol) (cas: 111-46-6HPLC of Formula: 111-46-6).
2,2′-Oxybis(ethan-1-ol) (cas: 111-46-6) belongs to alcohols. Similar to water, an alcohol can be pictured as having an sp3 hybridized tetrahedral oxygen atom with nonbonding pairs of electrons occupying two of the four sp3 hybrid orbitals. Converting an alcohol to an alkene requires removal of the hydroxyl group and a hydrogen atom on the neighbouring carbon atom. Dehydrations are most commonly carried out by warming the alcohol in the presence of a strong dehydrating acid, such as concentrated sulfuric acid.HPLC of Formula: 111-46-6
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