Potassium Amidate Catalysts

Isoselective ROP

Simple alkali metal complexes enable isoselective ring-opening polymerization of lactide for the first time, yielding stereoregular polylactides.

Gao, Jiahao · Zhang, Wenjuan · Wang, Xing · Wang, Rui · Han, Mingyang · Cao, Furong · Hao, Xiang

Catalysts 2023

Advantages

Pm 0.54–0.76

High monomer conversion

Mild reaction conditions