title: A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide.
abstract: A readily accessible and robust Zr-NHC complex was found to polymerize rac-lactide in a highly controlled, living and stereoselective manner to afford heterotactic PLA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire DECOMET, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romain
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Stéphane Bellemin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Laponnaz
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dagorne
mesh_terms: D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D058105:Polymerization; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004146:Dioxanes; C030011:carbene; C091880:dilactide; D015040:Zirconium; D008697:Methane