Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters

<p>This Thesis describes the activity and mechanism of alkaline earth organohydroborate, tetrahydroborate and alkoxide catalysts for the ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) of cyclic esters including <em>rac</em>-, L-, D- and <em>meso</em>-lactide (LA), and <em>rac&...

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Autor Principal: Diteepeng, N
Outros autores: Mountford, P
Formato: Thesis
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2018
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description <p>This Thesis describes the activity and mechanism of alkaline earth organohydroborate, tetrahydroborate and alkoxide catalysts for the ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) of cyclic esters including <em>rac</em>-, L-, D- and <em>meso</em>-lactide (LA), and <em>rac</em>-β-butyrolactone (<em>rac</em>-BBL).</p> <p><b>Chapter One</b> introduces cyclic esters and general mechanisms for their ROP to give polyesters. Living and immortal ROP, an overview of stereocontrolled ROP, and determination of polylactide (PLA) stereosequences are given. Various techniques for polymer characterisations are also described.</p> <p><b>Chapter Two</b> describes the activity and mechanism of heavy alkaline earth organohydroborate complexes for the ROP of LA. The synthesis and characterisation of alkaline earth alkoxide complexes serving as model species are also described, together with their activities for the ROP of LA.</p> <p><b>Chapter Three</b> describes the activity and mechanism of a cyclic organohydroborate calcium complex for the ROP of LA. The role of borinic esters as chain transfer agents in the ROP of <em>rac</em>-LA is also discussed.</p> <p><b>Chapter Four</b> describes the activity and mechanism of heavy alkaline earth tetrahydroborate complexes for the ROP of LA. The immortal ROP of rac-LA using heavy alkaline earth alkoxide complexes and borate esters as chain transfer agents is discussed.</p> <p><b>Chapter Five</b> describes the activity and mechanism of alkaline earth organohydroborate, tetrahydroborate and alkoxide complexes for the ROP of <em>rac</em>-BBL.</p> <p><b>Chapter Six</b> presents experimental procedures and characterising data for new complexes reported.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:d5b45f1c-b8a9-41da-a967-7f569b69aa352022-03-27T08:28:00ZAlkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic estersThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:d5b45f1c-b8a9-41da-a967-7f569b69aa35Organometallic chemistryInorganic ChemistryEnglishORA Deposit2018Diteepeng, NMountford, P<p>This Thesis describes the activity and mechanism of alkaline earth organohydroborate, tetrahydroborate and alkoxide catalysts for the ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) of cyclic esters including <em>rac</em>-, L-, D- and <em>meso</em>-lactide (LA), and <em>rac</em>-β-butyrolactone (<em>rac</em>-BBL).</p> <p><b>Chapter One</b> introduces cyclic esters and general mechanisms for their ROP to give polyesters. Living and immortal ROP, an overview of stereocontrolled ROP, and determination of polylactide (PLA) stereosequences are given. Various techniques for polymer characterisations are also described.</p> <p><b>Chapter Two</b> describes the activity and mechanism of heavy alkaline earth organohydroborate complexes for the ROP of LA. The synthesis and characterisation of alkaline earth alkoxide complexes serving as model species are also described, together with their activities for the ROP of LA.</p> <p><b>Chapter Three</b> describes the activity and mechanism of a cyclic organohydroborate calcium complex for the ROP of LA. The role of borinic esters as chain transfer agents in the ROP of <em>rac</em>-LA is also discussed.</p> <p><b>Chapter Four</b> describes the activity and mechanism of heavy alkaline earth tetrahydroborate complexes for the ROP of LA. The immortal ROP of rac-LA using heavy alkaline earth alkoxide complexes and borate esters as chain transfer agents is discussed.</p> <p><b>Chapter Five</b> describes the activity and mechanism of alkaline earth organohydroborate, tetrahydroborate and alkoxide complexes for the ROP of <em>rac</em>-BBL.</p> <p><b>Chapter Six</b> presents experimental procedures and characterising data for new complexes reported.</p>
spellingShingle Organometallic chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Diteepeng, N
Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title_full Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title_fullStr Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title_full_unstemmed Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title_short Alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
title_sort alkaline earth hydroborate complexes for the ring opening polymerisation of cyclic esters
topic Organometallic chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
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