We have developed a family of indium compounds supported by chiral Salen ligands and have explored their reactivity for the ring opening polymerization of lactide to form PLA, a biodegradable polyester. These complexes are highly active catalysts for living PLA formation and exhibit significant isoselectivity. We have further explored the examined the origin of stereoselectivity during lactide polymerization and application of these catalysts to other cyclic esters.

Polymerization of cyclic esters with chiral indium complexes

245th National Meeting (2013)

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