用于环酯单体开环聚合的无金属引发/催化体系

环酯单体在不同引发/催化体系作用下的开环聚合是制备可生物降解脂肪族聚酯的主要方法.综述了近年来用于环酯单体开环聚合的无金属引发/催化体系,主要涉及水、醇、胺、羧酸等引发剂及质子酸、膦类、氮杂环类化合物等催化剂体系.     

用于环酯单体开环聚合的无金属引发/催化体系

环酯单体在不同引发/催化体系作用下的开环聚合是制备可生物降解脂肪族聚酯的主要方法.综述了近年来用于环酯单体开环聚合的无金属引发/催化体系,主要涉及水、醇、胺、羧酸等引发剂及质子酸、膦类、氮杂环类化合物等催化剂体系.     

稀土催化的开环聚合研究进展

稀土催化剂在开环聚合中表现出极高的催化活性,本文总结了近十年来稀土催化剂在内酯、交酯、环醚、环碳酸酯、环羧酸酐等单体开环聚合中的应用,结合催化剂结构与聚合效果总结了稀土催化剂在聚合过程可控和聚合物结构控制方面的独特优势,并介绍了稀土催化的新型开环聚合方法.     

三(2,6-二叔丁基-4-甲基-苯氧基)镧催化ε-己内酯低温聚合特征及与环碳酸酯嵌段共聚

摘要用三(2,6-二叔丁基-4-甲基-苯氧基)镧[La(OAr)₃]在-15 ℃引发ε-己内酯(CL)的开环聚合, 发现聚合体系具有活性聚合特征. 在第二步聚合过程中继续补加第二种单体三亚甲基环碳酸酯(TMC)或二甲基三亚甲基环碳酸酯(DTC), 可得到CL与环碳酸酯的嵌段共聚物.     

原位生成三苄氧基钇催化ε-己内酯可控开环聚合

本文研究了以烷基钇[Y(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2]与苯甲醇原位反应生成的三苄氧基钇为引发剂的ε-己内酯(CL)可控开环聚合。研究结果表明,随着聚合体系中单体/引发剂摩尔比的增大,由1H-NMR计算和GPC测定得到的产物聚己内酯(PCL)的数均分子量均随之线性增加,且分子量分布(Mw/Mn =1.4～1.1)逐渐变窄;1H-NMR计算所得PCL的数均分子量与由单体/引发剂投料比计算得到的理论值一致,表明该体系催化的CL开环聚合具有很好的可控性。1H-NMR分析显示产物PCL的端基分别为苯甲醇酯和醇羟基,由此提出了可能的开环聚合机理。     

醇铁化合物引发丙交酯开环聚合的研究

分别以乙醇铁、正丙醇铁、异丙醇铁、正丁醇铁为引发剂进行D,L-丙交酯和L-丙交酯的本体开环聚合,研究了在130℃的聚合温度下引发剂用量和聚合时间对聚合反应的影响.结果表明这些醇铁化合物对丙交酯开环聚合都有较好的引发作用;聚合36h,单体转化率可达90%以上.单体转化率在引发剂/单体摩尔比为1/1000时最高,然后随引发剂用量增加和聚合时间延长而降低.乙醇铁表现出最高的引发活性,聚合产物的相对粘均分子量最高可达7·28×104[聚(D,L-丙交酯)]和19·00×104[聚(L-丙交酯)].醇盐配体对聚合产物的分子量和分子量分布影响显著,随醇铁配体体积增大,聚合产物的分子量逐渐降低,分子量分布也逐渐加宽.1H和13C-NMR分析表明醇铁对L-丙交酯的开环聚合没有发生消旋化,对D,L-丙交酯的开环聚合有一定的等规加成选择性.MALDI-TOF MS分析指出D,L-丙交酯在开环聚合过程中发生了分子间的酯交换反应,用13C-NMR评价了各醇铁引发体系在聚合过程中的酯交换程度.但基于谱峰分辨原因,醇铁配体对立构加成选择性和酯交换的影响的规律性不明显.     

噻唑鎓氯盐功能化PS介孔微球用于催化环酯本体开环聚合

小分子噻唑鎓在催化环酯单体本体开环聚合中,需要采用含氟结构的抗衡阴离子以促进相容,不利于聚合产物的生物安全性.为了解决该问题,本文设计制备了一种不含氟的噻唑鎓功能化的聚苯乙烯介孔微球([Thi]Cl@PS),并用于催化内酯的开环聚合,研究了其催化底物适用性、催化动力学特点、以及催化剂分离和再利用.结果 表明,[Thi]...     

环硅氧烷阴离子开环均聚及共聚研究进展

聚硅氧烷是一类典型的有机/无机杂化聚合物,具有耐高低温、优异的环境适应性等突出性能,在航空航天、国防科技等领域应用广泛.环硅氧烷单体阴离子开环聚合是制备不同链结构及功能化聚硅氧烷的重要途径,也是推动有机硅聚合物发展的重要研究领域之一.本文以阴离子开环聚合制备聚硅氧烷所涉及的环硅氧烷单体为线索,梳理了与不同化学结构环硅氧烷单体均聚及共聚相匹配的引发体系、聚合条件,以及聚合产物状态,并对相关研究工作做了论述介绍.此外,本文基于此线索对代表性研究体系做了简明罗列,便于高效检索及整体对比认知.     

乙酰丙酮铁催化丙交酯开环聚合的研究

以乙酰丙酮铁 [Fe(acac) 3]为催化剂进行D ,L 丙交酯的开环聚合及在聚乙二醇 (PEG)存在下的开环共聚 ,研究了催化剂用量、反应温度和反应时间对聚合反应的影响以及PEG用量对共聚反应的影响 ,并探讨了丙交酯开环聚合机理 .结果表明 ,Fe(acac) 3是按配位 插入机理催化丙交酯开环聚合的 ;在本文的聚合条件下 ,大部分聚合的单体转化率都达 90 %以上 ,聚合产物的粘均分子量最高可达 6 6 0 0 0 ,均显示出较好的催化性能 .在PEG存在下 ,PEG作为引发剂参入了丙交酯的开环聚合 ,D ,L 丙交酯是沿着PEG分子两端开环聚合的 ,分子链的链端结构是以羟基为端基的乳酰基结构单元 ,Fe(acac) 3有促进PEG参与聚合成酯的作用 .     

三亚甲基环碳酸酯及2,2-二甲基三亚甲基环碳酸酯开环均聚合*

生物降解聚合物聚三亚甲基环碳酸酯（PTMC）及聚2,2-二甲基三亚甲基环碳酸酯（PDTC）在药物控释载体及其它生物医学技术领域有着良好的应用前景。与脂肪族聚酯不同,PTMC、PDTC降解时,不会产生有害的酸性化合物。PTMC、PDTC主要由三亚甲基环碳酸酯（TMC）及2,2-二甲基三亚甲基环碳酸酯（DTC）开环均聚合制备。本文总结了催化TMC、DTC开环均聚合的不同催化剂及其聚合机理,综述了近年来国内外在TMC、DTC均聚合催化剂开发上的研究进展,并对生物相容性催化剂如稀土催化剂、Ca、Mg、Zn、Fe催化剂以及酶催化剂催化TMC、DTC开环聚合的优缺点进行了比较。     

First example of N-heterocyclic carbenes as catalysts for living polymerization: organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

A novel metal-free, organocatalytic approach to living polymerization is presented. N-heterocyclic carbenes were employed as nucleophilic catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic ester monomers. The catalysts is used in combination with an initiator, such as an alcohol, which generates an alpha-end group bearing the ester from the initiating alcohol upon ring-opening and a hydroxyl functional omega-chain end that propagates the chain. This class of catalyst proved to be more reactive than tertiary amine and phosphine nucleophiles, producing narrowly dispersed polymers of predictable molecular weights at room temperature in 1-2 h. Catalysis with respect to both initiating alcohol and monomer was observed. Control of the alpha and omega end-groups was demonstrated with a pyrene-labeled initiator, allowing the preparation of well-defined macromolecular architectures. Analogous to the ROP of cyclic esters using biocatalysts, the polymeriztion pathway using the N-heterocyclic carbenes is believed to ensue through a monomer-activated mechanism.     

Recent Advances in Metal-Mediated Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Functional Cyclic Esters towards Well-Defined Poly(hydroxy acid)s: From Stereoselectivity to Sequence-Control

Poly(hydroxy acid)s are a family of biocompatible and (bio)degradable polyesters with various outcomes in different domains of application. To date, poly(hydroxy acid)s are best prepared by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of the corresponding cyclic esters. Using racemic chiral monomers featuring side-chain groups enables to access, providing a stereoselective catalyst/initiator system is implemented, stereoregular functional polymers, thereby improving their physico–chemical properties, and ultimately, widening their range of uses. Here, we highlight a few important advances in metal-mediated stereoselective ROP of cyclic esters towards the synthesis of (functional) stereoregular poly(hydroxy acid)s that have recently been disclosed, emphasizing on (functional) β- and γ-lactones, diolide and O-carboxyanhydride (OCA) monomers and yttrium-based catalysis. Fine-tuning of the substituents flanked on the catalyst ligand enables reaching poly(hydroxy acid)s with syndiotactic and also isotactic microstructures. The stereocontrol mechanisms at work and their probable origin, relying on steric but also electronic factors imparted in particular by the ligand substituents, are discussed. Taking advantage of such stereoselective ROPs, original copoly(hydroxy acid)s with gradient or alternated patterns then become accessible from the use of mixtures of chemically different, oppositely configured enantiopure monomers.     

Tetrabutylammonium Halides as Selectively Bifunctional Catalysts Enabling the Syntheses of Recyclable High Molecular Weight Salicylic Acid-Based Copolyesters

To synthesize high molecular weight poly(phenolic ester) via a living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic phenolic ester monomers remains a critical challenge due to serious transesterification and back-biting reactions. Both phenolic ester bonds in monomer and polymer chains are highly active, and it is difficult so far to distinguish them. In this work, an unprecedented selectively bifunctional catalytic system of tetra-n-butylammonium chloride (TBACl) was discovered to mediate the syntheses of high molecular weight salicylic acid-based copolyesters via a living ROP of salicylate cyclic esters (for poly(salicylic methyl glycolide) (PSMG), M_n=361.8 kg/mol, Ð<1.30). Compared to previous catalysis systems, the side reactions were suppressed remarkably in this catalysis system because phenolic ester bond in monomer can be selectively cleaved over that in polymer chains during ROP progress. Mechanistic studies reveal that the halide anion and alkyl-quaternaryammonium cation work synergistically, where the alkyl-quaternaryammonium cation moiety interacts with the carbonyl group of substrates via non-classical hydrogen bonding. Moreover, these salicylic acid-based copolyesters can be recycled to dimeric monomer under solution condition, and can be recycled to original monomeric monomers without catalyst under sublimation condition.     

One‐step synthesis of block copolymers using a hydroxyl‐functionalized trithiocarbonate RAFT agent as a dual initiator for RAFT polymerization and ROP

A range of well‐defined block copolymers were synthesized using 4‐cyano‐4‐(dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonyl)sulfanylpentanol (CDP) as a dual initiator for reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) in a one‐step process. Styrene, (meth)acrylate, and acrylamide monomers were polymerized in a controlled manner for one block composed of vinyl monomers, and δ‐valerolactone (VL), ε‐caprolactone (CL), trimethylene carbonate (TMC), and L ‐lactide (LA) were used for the other block composed of cyclic monomers. Diphenyl phosphate was used as a catalyst for the ROP of VL, CL, and TMC, and 4‐dimethyamino pyridine for the ROP of LA. These catalysts did not interfere with RAFT polymerization and the synthesis of various block copolymers proceeded in a controlled manner. CDP was found to be a very useful dual initiator for a one‐step synthesis of various block copolymers by a combination of RAFT polymerization and ROP. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2013     

One-step synthesis of poly(alkyl methacrylate)-b-polyester block copolymers via a dual initiator route combining RAFT polymerization and ROP

One-step synthesis of well-defined poly(alkyl methacrylate)-b-polyester block copolymers was successfully performed at 30?°C using a dual initiator for reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and ring-opening polymerization (ROP). 4-Cyano-1-hydroxypent-4-yl dithiobenzoate, a hydroxyl-functionalized RAFT agent, was used as a dual initiator for the RAFT polymerization of methacrylic monomers and the ROP of lactones. Diphenyl phosphate (DPP) was used as a catalyst for ROP. The two polymerization reactions proceeded in a controlled manner without mutual interference. DPP was found to be a suitable catalyst for a dual initiator route combining RAFT polymerization and the ROP of lactones.     

One-pot synthesis of linear- and three-arm star-tetrablock quarterpolymers via sequential metal-free ring-opening polymerization using a “catalyst switch” strategy

A “catalyst switch” strategy has been used to sequentially polymerize four different heterocyclic monomers. In the first step, epoxides (1,2-butylene oxide and ethylene oxide) were successively polymerized from a monohydroxy or trihydroxy initiator in the presence of a strong phosphazene base promoter (t-BuP₄). Then, an excess of diphenyl phosphate (DPP) was introduced, followed by addition and polymerization of a cyclic carbonate (trimethylene carbonate) and a cyclic ester (δ-valerolactone or ε-caprolactone). DPP acted as both neutralizer of the phosphazenium alkoxide (polyether chain end) and activator of the cyclic carbonate/ester. Using this method, linear- and star-tetrablock quarterpolymers were prepared in one pot. This work is emphasizing the strength of the previously developed catalyst switch strategy for the facile metal-free synthesis of complex macromolecular architectures. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015 , 53, 304–312     

Synthesis and Properties of Hydrophilic Copolymers Containing 5-Fluorouracil,Thymine, or Adenine

Hydrophilic copolymers containing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), thymine, or adenine were prepared by the free-radical copolymerization of methacryloyl-type monomers containing them with water-soluble vinyl monomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, vinylpyrroli-done, acrylamide, and 4(5)-vinylimidazole with AIBN as initiator. Complex formation between the copolymers and RNA and between the copolymers having complementary nucleic acid bases in aqueous solution and a DMSO-ethylene glycol was studied by means of UV spectroscopy. These copolymers were found to release the N-hydroxyethyl derivatives of 5-FU, thymine, or adenine by hydrolysis of the ester of the polymer side chain under mild conditions. The effects of the kind of water-soluble comonomer, temperature, pH, and the imidazole group as catalyst on the hydrolysis of the ester are discussed.     

Obtaining aliphatic branched polycarbonates via simple copolymerization of trimethylene carbonate with cyclic carbonate containing pendant ester groups

Different possibilities for obtaining branched, functional carbonate copolymers are presented in this study. Copolymers were synthesized according to the ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of the cyclic carbonate monomers, containing pendant ester groups. As an example, we chose copolymerization of ethyl 5‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐1,3‐dioxane‐5‐carboxylate (MTC‐Et) with trimethylene carbonate (TMC), using zinc (II) and lanthanum (III) acetylacetonates as ROP initiators. The transesterification processes of ester groups in pendant, short chains, appearing during conducted copolymerization, led to the establishment of two different fractions: first‐branched and high molecular weight fraction and second‐linear and low molecular weight. The content of this high‐molecular‐weight fraction increased with both: the amount of MTC‐Et in started reaction mixture and the time of conducted copolymerization. Reactivity constants in studied reaction were determined. It was possible to obtain the copolymer fraction (ca. 30%) with molecular weight of up to a million g/mol, with a highly branched chain microstructure using lanthanum (III) acetylacetonate as initiator. Conclusions were based on detailed NMR analysis, determining microstructure of the copolymer chains and additionally on GPC and DSC measurement. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 808–819     

From Living to “Immortal” Polymerization

Aluminum porphyrin is an excellent initiator for the living polymerizations of a wide variety of monomers such as epoxide, β-lactone, δ-lactone, ε-lactone, and lactide, and also for the alternating copolymerization of epoxide and cyclic acid anhydride or carbon dioxide, to give polymers and copolymers with narrow molecular weight distribution. Aluminum porphyrin was recently found to initiate also the living polymerization of methacrylic ester. In the polymerizations of epoxides and lactones initiated with aluminum porphyrin in the presence of an appropriate protic compound, polymers with narrow molecular weight can be obtained with the number of the polymer molecules more than those of the initiator. This fact demonstrates the “immortal” nature of the polymerization due to unusual reactivities of aluminum prophyrin.     

Ring-Opening Polymerization of the Cyclic Ester Amide Derived from Adipic Anhydride and 1-Amino-6-hexanol in Melt and in Solution

The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of the cyclic ester amide (cEA) 5 (systematic name, 1-oxa-8-aza-cyclotetradecane-9,14-dione) - prepared from adipic anhydride and 1-amino-6-hexanol - in the melt at 165 °C and in solution at 100 °C and 120 °C with Bu₂Sn(OMe)₂ or Ti(OBu)₄ as initiator yields the alternating poly(ester amide) (PEA) 4 (systematic name, poly(5-(6-oxyhexylcarbamoyl)-pentanoate) with regular microstructure. Kinetic studies for different monomer-to-initiator ratios, different reaction media, initiators and temperatures reveal that the ROP is a first-order reaction with respect to the monomer. Under suitable polymerization conditions termination and transfer reactions are suppressed. The elementary chain growth reaction proceeds by a coordination insertion mechanism in analogy to the polymerization of lactones. By using monohydroxy- and bishydroxy-functional telechelic poly(ethylene oxide) and Sn(octoate)₂ as the initiating system poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(ester amide)s and poly(ester amide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(ester amide)s are obtained. The poly(ester amide) 4 is a semicrystalline material with a melting point of 140 °C, the block copolymers are phase separated systems showing two melting points characteristic for the respective homopolymers.