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Mendeleev Commun., 2018 Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 629–631 (Mi mendc1859)

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Ring-opened 4-hydroxy-δ-valerolactone subunit as a key structural fragment of polyesters that degrade without acid formation

I. E. Nifant'evab, A. V. Shlyakhtina, V. V. Bagrova, R. N. Ezhova, B. A. Lozhkina, A. V. Churakovc, P. V. Ivchenkoab

a Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
b A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
c N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: Random copolymers of ɛ-caprolactone with O-benzyl-protected 4-hydroxy- or 2,4-dihydroxy-δ-valerolactone after hydrogenation form γ-hydroxy functionalized polyesters that degrade via the cyclization to γ-butyrolactone fragments without carboxylic acid formation.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2018.11.022



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