From utensils to 3D printing, biodegradable polymers have become increasingly prevalent in everyday life. Despite their ubiquity, methods to achieve controlled copolymerizations are still in development. Recently we reported a redox switchable catalyst (salfan)Zr(O<sup>t</sup>Bu)<sub>2 </sub>that can prepare well defined poly-lactide and poly-ester copolymers. We have now expanded our research on this system to include studies on the role of oxidizing agents and the polymerization of epoxide monomers.

Copolymerization of cyclic esters and epoxides via redox-switchable Zr catalyst

251st National Meeting (2016)

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