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SUBMITTER: Posada AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6401771 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Posada Andrés F AF Macías Mario A MA Movilla Santiago S Miscione Gian Pietro GP Pérez León D LD Hurtado John J JJ
Polymers 20181108 11
Five of six new Zn(II) and Cu(II) complexes were active in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (CL) under solvent-free conditions, producing polycaprolactones (PCLs) of high crystallinity with molecular weights between 22,900 and 38,700 g mol<sup>-1</sup> and decomposition temperatures above 260 °C. ¹H NMR analysis demonstrated that the PCLs obtained were mainly linear, having hydroxymethylene groups at the chain ends. The results obtained indicated a significant improvement ...[more]