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From: Lithium hexamethyldisilazide initiated superfast ring opening polymerization of alpha-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides

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Ring-opening polymerization of NCA initiated by LiHMDS and other initiators. a NCA polymerization initiated by LiHMDS or other initiators in THF, initiator (i) n-hexylamine, initiator (ii) HMDS, initiator (iii) bipyNi(COD); b conversion of BLG NCA in LiHMDS, n-hexylamine, HMDS or bipyNi(COD) initiated polymerization at variable NCA:initiator ratios using THF as the reaction solvent; c conversion of Boc-D,L-Lys NCA in LiHMDS, n-hexylamine, HMDS, or bipyNi(COD) initiated polymerization at variable NCA:initiator ratios using THF as the reaction solvent

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