DOI: 10.1039/d6py00817h ISSN: 1759-9954

Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic ethylene oxalate: mechanistic insights, chain microstructure, and structure–property relationships

Ziyue Jiao, Zuxin Yao, Xiaohui Kang, Ping Chen, Zhiyong Wei

DFT reveals a favorable Sn-coordinated ring-opening pathway for EOx, while bulk ROP affords high-molar-mass PEOx with a regular chain microstructure, rapid crystallization, and strong melt viscoelasticity.

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