Ring-opening polymerization: Difference between revisions

[[cyclic compound|Cyclic monomers]] that are amenable to ROP include [[epoxide]]s, cyclic trisiloxanes, some lactones, [[lactide]]s, [[cyclic carbonate]]s, and [[amino acid N-carboxyanhydride]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=JEROME|first=C|last2=LECOMTE|first2=P|date=2008-06-10|title=Recent advances in the synthesis of aliphatic polyesters by ring-opening polymerization☆|journal=Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews|volume=60|issue=9|pages=1056–1076|doi=10.1016/j.addr.2008.02.008|pmid=18403043|issn=0169-409X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Discrete Cationic Complexes for Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalysis of Cyclic Esters and Epoxides|authors=Yann Sarazin, Jean-François Carpentier|journal=Chemical Reviews|year=2015|volume=115|issue=9|pages=3564–3614|doi=10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00033|pmid=25897976}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides with Discrete Metal Complexes: Structure–Property Relationships|first1=Julie M.|last1=Longo|first2=Maria J.|last2= Sanford|first3=Geoffrey W.|last3=Coates|journal=Chemical Reviews|year=2016|volume=116|page=15167-15197|doi=10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00553}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Kricheldorf, H. R. |year=2006 |title=Polypeptides and 100 Years of Chemistry of Α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |volume=45|issue=35|pages=5752–5784|doi= 10.1002/anie.200600693}}</ref> Many strained cycloalkenes, e.g [[norbornene]], are suitable monomers via [[ring-opening metathesis polymerization]].