Functional Polyesters with Pendant Double Bonds Prepared by Coordination–Insertion and Cationic Ring-Opening Copolymerizations of ε‑Caprolactone with Renewable Tulipalin A

The synthesis of functional copolyesters that contain pendant double bonds in their structures is reported by ring-opening copolymerization of renewable monomer Tulipalin A (α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, MBL) and ε-caprolactone (CL) using either coordination–insertion or monomer activated mechanisms....

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Published in:Macromolecules 2018-05, Vol.51 (10), p.3582-3596
Main Authors: Danko, Martin, Basko, Malgorzata, Ďurkáčová, Slávka, Duda, Andrzej, Mosnáček, Jaroslav
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Language:English
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Summary:The synthesis of functional copolyesters that contain pendant double bonds in their structures is reported by ring-opening copolymerization of renewable monomer Tulipalin A (α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, MBL) and ε-caprolactone (CL) using either coordination–insertion or monomer activated mechanisms. Aluminum tris­(isopropoxide) (Al­(OiPr)3) was successfully used as a cheap and commonly available catalyst for the coordination–insertion ring-opening copolymerization, and functional copolyesters with dispersities below 1.2 and with contents of MBL units in the copolymer up to 25 mol % were prepared. In addition, linear or multiarm copolymers of MBL with CL were synthesized by cationic ring-opening copolymerization that was conducted using protic acid as a “metal-free” catalyst in combination with mono- or multihydroxyl alcohols as initiators. The molecular characteristics and composition of the functional copolyesters were determined by GPC, NMR, two-dimensional NMR, and MALDI-TOF spectroscopy. The effect of MBL content on thermal properties of the copolyesters was investigated using DCS and TGA analyses. The availability of resulting functional copolyesters containing pendant double bonds toward postfunctionalization was demonstrated by either thermal or photochemical thiol–ene reactions with benzo­thioxanthene fluorophore or N-acetylcysteine, respectively.
ISSN:0024-9297
1520-5835
DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00456