Fig. 1: The three polymerizations and the catalyst structures investigated. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: The three polymerizations and the catalyst structures investigated.

From: Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers

Fig. 1

a Scheme illustrating ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of propene oxide (PO) and CO2 to form poly(propene carbonate) (PPC); ROCOP of PO and phthalic anhydride (PA) to form or poly(PO-alt-PA). b Illustration of ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide (rac-LA) to form poly(lactide) (PLA); c Catalysts reported in this work (see Supplementary Information for details).

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