[en] Aluminum isopropoxide is an effective initiator for the polymerization of lactides in toluene at 70-degrees-C. The ring-opening polymerization proceeds through a "coordination-insertion" mechanism and selective rupture of the acyl oxygen bond of the monomer. A kinetic study has shown that the polymerization is first order in both the monomer and initiator. The polymerization is typically "living" until a molecular weight of ca. 90 000 is reached. At higher temperatures (100-degrees-C), inter- and intramolecular transesterification reactions are responsible for a limitation in the molecular weight of the growing chains. In toluene, at 70-degrees-C, each alkoxide of the aluminum isopropoxide participates in the polymerization. Any molecular weight below 90 000 can accordingly be predicted on the basis of the monomer/Al molar ratio, and the polydispersity is rather narrow (1.1-1.4).
Research Center/Unit :
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Dubois, Philippe; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jacobs, R.; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Robert ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Teyssié, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Language :
English
Title :
Macromolecular engineering of polylactones and polylactides. 4. Mechanism and kinetics of lactide homopolymerization by aluminum isopropoxide
Publication date :
29 April 1991
Journal title :
Macromolecules
ISSN :
0024-9297
eISSN :
1520-5835
Publisher :
American Chemical Society, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
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