Ring-opening polymerizations using a flow reactor
AssigneesInternational Business Machines Corporation, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsNathaniel H. Park, James L. Hedrick, Victoria A. Piunova, Dmitry Zubarev, Gavin O. Jones, Robert M. Waymouth, Binhong Lin
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Abstract
Techniques regarding the synthesis of one or more polymers through one or more ring-opening polymerizations conducted within a flow reactor and facilitated by one or more anionic catalysts are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise polymerizing, via a ring-opening polymerization within a flow reactor, a cyclic monomer in the presence of one or more anionic organocatalysts.
Claims5
A method, comprising:
- polymerizing, via a ring-opening polymerization within a flow reactor, a cyclic monomer in the presence of an anionic organocatalyst characterized by a chemical structure:
- wherein R1 corresponds to a first functional group selected from a first group consisting of a first alkyl group and a first aryl group;
- wherein R2 corresponds to a second functional group selected from a second group consisting of a second alkyl group and a second aryl group;
- and
- wherein R3 corresponds to a third functional group selected from a third group consisting of a third alkyl group and a third aryl group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.