Evolution of Copolymers of Epoxides and CO2: Catalysts, Monomers, Architectures, and Applications

GW Yang, R **e, YY Zhang, CK Xu, GP Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides presents a transformative approach to
converting greenhouse gases into aliphatic polycarbonates (CO2-PCs), thereby reducing …

Terpolymerization reactions of epoxides, CO 2, and the third monomers toward sustainable CO 2-based polymers with controllable chemical and physical properties

K Nakaoka, T Ema - Chemical Communications, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide (CO2) serves as a cheap, abundant, and renewable C1 building block for
the synthesis of organic compounds and polymers. Selective and efficient CO2 fixation …

Toward Fully Controllable Monomers Sequence: Binary Organocatalyzed Polymerization from Epoxide/Aziridine/Cyclic Anhydride Monomer Mixture

T Gao, X **a, T Watanabe, CY Ke… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The sequence of monomers within a polymer chain plays a pivotal role in determining the
physicochemical properties of the polymer. In the copolymerization of two or more …

Terpolymerization of Propylene Oxide, CO2, and p-Toluenesulfonyl Isocyanate for the Synthesis of Poly(urethane-carbonate): p-Toluenesulfonyl Isocyanate Acts as …

S Muranaka, I Yamamoto, T Ema - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Terpolymerization of propylene oxide, CO2, and p-toluenesulfonyl isocyanate (TsNCO) was
catalyzed by bifunctional AlIII porphyrin catalysts to afford polyurethane-poly (propylene …

Synthesis of Random, Gradient, and Block-like Terpolycarbonates via One-Pot Terpolymerization of Epoxide, CO2, and Six-Membered Cyclic Carbonates

Z Gao, B Gao, S Meng, Z Yang, Z Liang, Z Sun… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multi-polymerization is regarded as a valuable strategy to tailor material performances by
incorporating well-chosen monomers and tuning monomer sequence distributions in the …

Bulky Phosphazenium Salt Controlling Chemoselective Terpolymerization of Epoxide, Anhydride and CO2: From Well‐Defined Block to Truly Random Copolymers

Y Ma, Z Wang, L Jiang, J Zhang, C Ren… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Copolymers with precise compositions and controlled sequences are great appealing for
high‐performance polymeric materials, but their synthesis is very challenging. In this study …

Sequence design in terpolymerization of ε-caprolactone, CO2 and cyclohexane oxide: Random ester-carbonate distributions lead to large-span tunability

Z Yang, C Hu, X Pang, X Chen - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
It is of great interest to make a degradable material widely tailorable to replace petroleum-
derived products among diverse applications. Here, we report the construction of a new …

Terpolymerizations of cyclohexene oxide, CO 2, and isocyanates or isothiocyanates for the synthesis of poly (carbonate–urethane) s or poly (carbonate …

K Nakaoka, S Muranaka, I Yamamoto, T Ema - Polymer Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Terpolymerization of cyclohexene oxide (CHO), CO2, and aryl isothiocyanates produced
poly (carbonate–thioimidocarbonate) s with gradient character, while that of CHO, CO2, and …

Understanding Alkali Cation-Assisted Ring-Opening Polymerization of Macrocyclic Carbonate: Kinetics and Thermodynamics

Y Qu, J Hu, F Guo, D Ji, Y Li, Z Li, Y Xu, J Huang… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Control over polymerization thermodynamics and kinetics enables the generation of
polymers with on-demand properties. This is exemplified by the ring-opening polymerization …

Recent progress of heterocycle ring‐opening (co) polymerization for the synthesis of sequence‐controlled block polyesters and polycarbonates

H Zhao, C Hu, X Pang, X Chen - Smart Molecules, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates are among the promising sustainable polymers,
which exhibit unique degradability and chain‐chain interactions owing to their …