Fast and Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides Triggered by an "Alliance" of Primary and Secondary Amines at Room Temperature
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ArticleKAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Polymer Synthesis Laboratory
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2015-03-23Online Publication Date
2015-03-23Print Publication Date
2015-04-13Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/564141
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A novel highly efficient strategy, based on an "alliance" of primary and secondary amine initiators, was successfully developed allowing the fast and living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) at room temperature. (Chemical Equation Presented). © 2015 American Chemical Society.Citation
Zhao, W., Gnanou, Y., & Hadjichristidis, N. (2015). Fast and Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides Triggered by an “Alliance” of Primary and Secondary Amines at Room Temperature. Biomacromolecules, 16(4), 1352–1357. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00134Sponsors
Research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyPublisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
BiomacromoleculesPubMed ID
25761228ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00134
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