Linear block copolymer synthesis

H Dau, GR Jones, E Tsogtgerel, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers form the basis of the most ubiquitous materials such as thermoplastic
elastomers, bridge interphases in polymer blends, and are fundamental for the development …

Group 16 conjugated polymers based on furan, thiophene, selenophene, and tellurophene

S Ye, V Lotocki, H Xu, DS Seferos - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Five-membered aromatic rings containing Group 16 elements (O, S, Se, and Te), also
referred as chalcogenophenes, are ubiquitous building blocks for π-conjugated polymers …

Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling

P Onnuch, K Ramagonolla, RY Liu - Science, 2024 - science.org
The Suzuki–Miyaura and Buchwald–Hartwig coupling reactions are widely used to form
carbon-carbon (C–C) and carbon-nitrogen (C–N) bonds, respectively. We report the …

Recent trends in catalytic polymerizations

DJ Walsh, MG Hyatt, SA Miller, D Guironnet - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Redox-active polymers: the magic key towards energy storage–a polymer design guideline progress in polymer science

P Rohland, E Schröter, O Nolte, GR Newkome… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable organic batteries represent a valuable option to store sustainably generated
energy and can play a major role in phasing out current carbon-based energy production …

Catalysis with palladium (I) dimers

C Fricke, T Sperger, M Mendel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dinuclear PdI complexes have found widespread applications as diverse catalysts for a
multitude of transformations. Initially their ability to function as pre‐catalysts for low …

One-step catalyst-transfer macrocyclization: expanding the chemical space of azaparacyclophanes

J Ayuso-Carrillo, F Fina, EC Galleposo… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we report on a one-step catalyst-transfer macrocyclization (CTM) reaction,
based on the Pd-catalyzed Buchwald–Hartwig cross-coupling reaction, selectively affording …

Universal Suzuki–Miyaura catalyst-transfer polymerization for precision synthesis of strong donor/acceptor-based conjugated polymers and their sequence …

J Lee, H Kim, H Park, T Kim, SH Hwang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalyst-transfer polymerization has revolutionized the field of polymer synthesis due to its
living character, but for a given catalyst system, the polymer scope is rather narrow. Herein …

Mechanistic Origin of Ligand Effects on Exhaustive Functionalization During Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dihaloarenes

NG Larson, JP Norman, SR Neufeldt - ACS catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
We describe a detailed investigation into why bulky ligands─ those that enable catalysis at
“12 e–” Pd0─ tend to promote overfunctionalization during Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings of …

Advances of batch-variation control for photovoltaic polymers

Y He, L Huo, B Zheng - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The state-of-the-art bulk-heterojunction (BHJ)-type organic solar cells (OSCs) have achieved
over 19% power conversion efficiency (PCE), encouraging the development of the …