Lactide Lactone Chain Shuttling Copolymerization Mediated by an Aminobisphenolate Supported Aluminum Complex and Al(OiPr)3: Access to New Polylactide Based Block Copolymers
Résumé
The chain shuttling ring-opening copolymerization of L-lactide with epsilon-caprolactone has been achieved using two aluminum catalysts presenting different selectivities and benzyl alcohol as chain transfer agent. A newly synthesized aminobispheno-late supported aluminum complex affords the synthesis of lactone rich poly(L-lactide-co-lactone) statistical copolymeric blocks, while Al(OiPr)3 produces semi-crystalline poly(L-lactide) rich blocks. Transalkoxylation is shown to operate efficient-ly. The crystalline ratio and glass transition temperatures of these new class of polylactide based block copolymers can be tuned by adjusting the catalysts and the comonomers ratio.
| Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
|---|