Polyesters are promising alternatives to polyolefins because of their biodegradability, biocompatibility and functional diversity. Of the methods used for polyester synthesis, the ring-opening alternating copolymerization of cyclic anhydrides and epoxides combines wide substrate scope with the control of microstructure afforded by chain-growth polymerization. In this lecture, a method for synthesizing highly tactic polyesters with improved properties will be presented.

Improving the thermal properties of highly tactic semi-crystalline aliphatic polyesters

248th National Meeting (2014)

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