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Computational Prediction and Experimental Verification of ϵ-Caprolactone Ring-Opening Polymerization Activity by an Aluminum Complex of an Indolide/Schiff-Base Ligand

TOC Graphic Published In ACS Catalysis Authors Mukunda Mandal, Anna M. Luke, Büşra Dereli, Courtney E. Elwell, Theresa M. Reineke, William B. Tolman*, and Christopher J. Cramer* Citation Mandal, M.; Luke, A. M.; Dereli, B.; Elwell, C. E.; Reineke, T. M.; Tolman, W. B.; Cramer, C. J. Computational Prediction and Experimental Verification of ϵ-Caprolactone Ring-Opening Polymerization Activity by an Aluminum Complex of an Indolide/Schiff-Base Ligand. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 885–889. DOI: 10.

December 31, 2018 Read

Sterically Induced Ligand Framework Distortion Effects on Catalytic Cyclic Ester Polymerizations

TOC Graphic Published In Inorganic Chemistry Authors Joahanna A. Macaranas, Anna M. Luke, Mukunda Mandal, Benjamin D. Neisen, Daniel J. Marell, Christopher J. Cramer*, and William B. Tolman* Citation Macaranas, J. A.; Luke, A. M.; Mandal, M.; Neisen, B. D.; Marell, D. J.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Sterically Induced Ligand Framework Distortion Effects on Catalytic Cyclic Ester Polymerizations. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 3451–3457. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00250. Express Summary Effectiveness of aluminum salen complexes with o-adamantyl substituents in initiating the polymerization of ε-caprolactone was compared to that of similar salen catalysts having o-tbutyl substituents.

February 27, 2018 Read

Mechanism of the Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Fast Zinc Alkoxide Catalysts

TOC Graphic Published In Inorganic Chemistry Authors Daniel E. Stasiw, Anna M. Luke, Tomer Rosen, Aaron B. League, Mukunda Mandal, Benjamin D. Neisen, Christopher J. Cramer,* Moshe Kol,* and William B. Tolman* Citation Stasiw, D. E.; Luke, A. M.; Rosen, T.; League, A. B.; Mandal, M.; Neisen, B. D.; Cramer, C. J.; Kol, M.; Tolman, W. B. Mechanism of the Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Fast Zinc Alkoxide Catalysts. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 14366–14372.

November 8, 2017 Read

Mechanistic Insights into the Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides Using a (Salph)AlCl and Iminium Salt Catalytic System

TOC Graphic Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society Authors Megan E. Fieser, Maria J. Sanford, Lauren A. Mitchell, Christine R. Dunbar, Mukunda Mandal, Nathan J. Van Zee, Devon M. Urness, Christopher J. Cramer*, Geoffrey W. Coates*, and William B. Tolman* Citation Fieser, M. E.; Sanford, M. J.; Mitchell, L. A.; Dunbar, C. R.; Mandal, M.; Van Zee, N. J.; Urness, D. M.; Cramer, C. J.; Coates, G. W.; Tolman, W.

October 6, 2017 Read

Why So Slow? Mechanistic Insights from Studies of a Poor Catalyst for Polymerization of ϵ-Caprolactone

TOC Graphic Published In Inorganic Chemistry Authors Daniel E. Stasiw, Mukunda Mandal, Benjamin D. Neisen, Lauren A. Mitchell, Christopher J. Cramer*, and William B. Tolman* Citation Stasiw, D. E.; Mandal, M.; Neisen, B. D.; Mitchell, L. A.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Why so slow? Mechanistic Insights from Studies of a Poor Catalyst for Polymerization of ϵ-Caprolactone. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 725–728. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02849 Express Summary The polymerization of ε-caprolactone (CL) using an aluminum alkoxide catalyst (Al-TMTAA) was found to have a slower rate compared to other aluminum complexes.

December 22, 2016 Read