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Cheng-Tan MDL, Nguyen AN, Gordon CT, Wood ZA, Manjarrez Y, Fieser ME. Choline Halide-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents as Biocompatible Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2024; 12:7246-7255. [PMID: 38757124 PMCID: PMC11094800 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
Abstract
Aliphatic polyesters have received considerable attention in recent years due to their biodegradability and biocompatible, mechanical, and thermal properties that can make them a suitable alternative to today's commercialized polymers. The ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides is a route to synthesize a diverse array of polyesters that could be useful in many applications. However, the catalysts used rarely consider biocompatible catalysts in the case that any are left in the polymer. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first example of using deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as biocompatible catalysts for this target ROCOP with polymerization activity for at least six diverse monomer pairs. Choline halide salts are active for this polymerization, with dried salts showing polymerization slower than that of those conducted in air. Hydrogen bonding with water is hypothesized to enhance the rate-determining step of epoxide ring opening. While the presence of water improves the rate of polymerization, it also acts as a chain transfer agent, leading to smaller molar mass polymers than intended. Combining the choline halide salts with urea or ethylene glycol hydrogen bond donors in air led to DES catalysts that reacted similarly to the salts exposed to air. However, when generating these DESs in air-free conditions, they showed similar rates of polymerization without a drop in polymer molar mass. The hydrogen bonding provided by urea and ethylene glycol seems to promote the rate increase without serving as a chain transfer agent. Results reported herein display the promising potential of biocompatible catalyst systems for this ROCOP process as well as introducing the use of hydrogen bonding to enhance polymerization rates.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
- Wrigley
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Fornaciari C, Lemaur V, Pasini D, Coulembier O. Quasi-alternating copolymerization of oxiranes driven by a benign acetate-based catalyst. Commun Chem 2023; 6:235. [PMID: 37898680 PMCID: PMC10613202 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01031-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Alternating copolymers are distinctly unique in comparison with other copolymers. Herein, an in-depth investigation of the oxyanionic ring-opening copolymerization of propylene oxide (PO) and allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) from benzyl alcohol (BnOH) activated with potassium acetate (KOAc) complexed by 18-crown-6 ether (18C6) is described. We demonstrate that the 18C6/KOAc complex is an efficient and benign catalytic system to promote copolymerization of both oxirane monomers, leading to well-defined polyethers with varied comonomer content and low dispersity values (ƉM < 1.20). Kinetic analysis confirmed the controlled nature of the (co)polymerization process, and the determination of reactivity ratios revealed a quasi-alternating copolymerization profile, according to the Fineman-Ross method. The comparison between the quasi-alternating-type PO/AGE copolymerization and block or gradient copolymerization revealed significant differences, to confirm the different sequence incorporation in the different topological copolymers. These results highlight the great potential of 18C6/KOAc-mediated copolymerization process for the controlled sythesis of a series of copolymer topologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charlotte Fornaciari
- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc, 20, Mons, 7000, Belgium
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc, 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc, 20, Mons, 7000, Belgium.
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Duan R, Hu C, Liu Y, Bian X, Pang X, Chen X. In Situ Initiation of Epoxides: Activated Metal Salt Catalysts for Cyclic Ester Polymerization. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ranlong Duan
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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Ren F, Li X, Xian J, Han X, Cao L, Pan X, Wu J. Bench‐stable potassium complexes for living and isoselective
ring‐opening
polymerization of
rac‐lactide. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fangping Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Ningxia Normal University Guyuan China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
- State Key Laboratory of Baiyunobo Rare Earth Resource Researches and Comprehensive Utilization Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths Baotou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou University), Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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Fornaciari C, Pasini D, Coulembier O. Controlled Oxyanionic Polymerization of Propylene Oxide: Unlocking the Molecular-Weight Limitation by a Soft Nucleophilic Catalysis. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200424. [PMID: 35686832 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The oxyanionic ring-opening polymerization of propylene oxide (PO) from an exogenous alcohol activated with benign (complexed) metal-alkali carboxylates is described. The equimolar mixture of potassium acetate (KOAc) and 18-crown-6 ether (18C6) is demonstrated to be the complex of choice for preparing poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) in a controlled manner. In the presence of 18C6/KOAc, hydrogen-bonded alcohols act as soft nucleophiles promoting the PO SN 2 process at room temperature and in solvent-free conditions while drastically limiting the occurrence of parasitic hydrogen abstraction generally observed during the anionic ROP of PO. The resulting PPO displays predictable and unprecedented molar masses (up to 20 kg mol-1 ) with low dispersities (ĐM < 1.1), rendering the 18C6/KOAc complex the most performing activator for the oxyanionic polymerization of PO reported to date. Preliminary studies on the preparation of block and statistical copolyethers are also reported.
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- Charlotte Fornaciari
- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc, 20, Mons, 7000, Belgium.,Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc, 20, Mons, 7000, Belgium
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Kaler S, Jones MD. Recent advances in externally controlled ring-opening polymerisations. Dalton Trans 2021; 51:1241-1256. [PMID: 34918735 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03471e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Switchable catalysis is a powerful tool in the polymer chemist's toolbox as it allows on demand access to a variety of polymer architectures. Switchable catalysts operate by the generation of a species which is chemically distinct in behaviour and structure to the precursor. This difference in catalytic activity has been exploited to allow spatiotemporal control over polymerisations in the synthesis of (co)polymers. Although switchable methodologies have been applied to other polymerisation mechanisms for quite some time, for ring opening polymerisation (ROP) reactions it is a relatively young area of research. Despite its infancy, the field is accelerating rapidly. Here, we review recent developments for selected external stimuli for ROP, including redox chemistry, light, allosteric and mechanical control. Furthermore, a brief review on switch catalysis involving exogeneous gases will also be provided, although this area differs from traditional switchable catalysis techniques. An outlook on the future of switchable catalysis is also provided.
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- Sandeep Kaler
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
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De Roover Q, Vucko T, Vincent SP, De Winter J, Coulembier O. Photocontrolled lactide ROP by the light-regulated release of potassium acetate from an azobenzene-bridged crown ether. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01071a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An azobenzene-bridged crown ether was successfully used as a photoswitch for modulating the catalytic activity of potassium acetate (KOAc) in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of l-lactide (l-LA) when initiated from an exogenous alcohol.
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- Quentin De Roover
- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (S2MOs), Materials Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Organique, Université de Namur ASBL, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Organique, Université de Namur ASBL, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (S2MOs), Materials Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, Place du Parc 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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