Effects of alkoxide alteration on the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone initiated by n-Bu3SnOR: a DFT study

• Main Authors: Sattayanon,C., Sontising,W., Limwanich,W., Meepowpan,P., Punyodom,W., Kungwan,N.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer New York 2015
• Subjects: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84908124132&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38783
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (CL) initiated by tributyltin alkoxides (n-Bu3SnOR), where R = methyl (Me), ethyl (Et), propyl (Pr), and butyl (Bu), was investigated using density functional theory at B3LYP level with mixed basi...