Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization provides an attractive strategy for the generation of renewable polymers. With James Hedrick of IBM, we have developed a family of organic catalysts for selective ring-opening polymerization reactions. We have also discovered a class of selective Pd catalysts for the oxidation of biomass-derived polyols to chemical intermediates and monomers. These advances have enabled an integrated catalytic strategy for the conversion of renewable resources into new materials. Mechanistic and theoretical investigations of these catalytic oxidation and ring-opening polymerization reactions have provided opportunities for the generation of renewable polymers and functional materials.

Synthesis and functional properties of renewable polymers

249th National Meeting (2015)

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