title: From competition to cooperation: a highly efficient strategy towards well-defined (co)polypeptides.
abstract: By associating primary (slow but controlled ring-opening polymerization; ROP) and tertiary (fast but uncontrolled ROP) amines in the same molecule, a novel highly active organocatalytic system proceeding by an accelerated amine mechanism through monomer activation (AAMMA) and leading to living ROP of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides at room temperature was successfully developed.
authors: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, KAUST Catalysis Center, Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Thuwal 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. nikolaos.hadjichristidis@kaust.edu.sa.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Zhao
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Gnanou
authors: Nikos
authors: N
authors: Hadjichristidis
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000812:Anhydrides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000596:Amino Acids; D000812:Anhydrides; D010455:Peptides