Highly active zinc alkyl cations for the controlled and immortal ring-opening polymerization of [varepsilon]-caprolactone

Highly active zinc alkyl cations for the controlled and immortal ring-opening polymerization of [varepsilon]-caprolactone:

Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12336C, Communication

Charles Romain, Vitor Rosa, Christophe Fliedel, Frederic Bier, Frederic Hild, Richard Welter, Samuel Dagorne, Teresa Aviles
Novel zinc cations are highly active in the immortal ROP of [varepsilon]-caprolactone to yield narrowly disperse and chain-length-controlled poly([varepsilon]-caprolactone), whether in solution or bulk polymerization.

NIL on Zn