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Polymerization of racemic β-butyrolactone using gold catalysts: A simple access to biodegradable polymers
Brule, Emilie,Gaillard, Sylvain,Rager, Marie-Noelle,Roisnel, Thierry,Guerineau, Vincent,Nolan, Steven P.,Thomas, Christophe M.
, p. 2650 - 2653 (2011/06/27)
Novel gold(I) complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands have been synthesized and fully characterized. The resulting mononuclear gold complexes act as active initiators in the polymerization of rac-β-butyrolactone under solvent-free conditions to provide the corresponding biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate).