Synlett 2020; 31(12): 1167-1171
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707947
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization Strategies for Synthesis of Poly(phosphothioesters) with a Pendent Phenyl Group

Huating Yan
a   College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. of China   Email: xqhao@zzu.edu.cn
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
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Guangqiang Xu
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
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Rulin Yang
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
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Chengdong Lv
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
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Li Zhou
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
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Xin-Qi Hao
a   College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. of China   Email: xqhao@zzu.edu.cn
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Qinggang Wang
b   Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. of China   Email: xu_gq@qibebt.ac.cn   Email: wangqg@qibebt.ac.cn
› Author Affiliations
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21901249, 21950410529), National Key R&D Plan (2017YFC1104800), Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province (tsqn201812112), and the “135” Projects Fund of Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Publication History

Received: 24 March 2020

Accepted after revision: 21 April 2020

Publication Date:
05 May 2020 (online)


Abstract

A novel type of phosphothioester substrate, 2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-sulfide (PTP), has been synthesized and subjected to ring-opening polymerization. DBU/thiourea served as an efficient cooperative organocatalyst for the synthesis of poly(PTP), delivering the polymer with a well-defined structure, a relatively narrow molecular-weight distribution (1.14–1.20), and high molecular weight (up to 45.2 kg/mol). The ring-opening polymerization process showed a controlled/living nature. In addition, diblock copolymers of PTP with rac-lactide with well-defined structures were also synthesized.

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