Novel tin(II) butoxides for use as initiators in the ring-opening polymerisation of e-caprolactone

• Main Authors: Manita Dumklang, Nilobon Pattawong, Winita Punyodom, Puttinan Meepowpan, Robert Molloy, Mark Hoffman
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Materials Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67650666146&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/48880
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Three tin(II) butoxides, namely: tin(II) n-butoxide, Sn(n-OBu)2; tin(II) i-butoxide, Sn(i-OBu)2; and tin(II) t-butoxide, Sn(t-OBu)2 were synthesized for use as coordination-insertion initiators in the bulk ring-opening polymerisation of e-caprolactone (CL) at 120 °C. Two different methods of synthes...