Effects of alkoxide alteration on the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone initiated by n-Bu<inf>3</inf>SnOR: A DFT study

• Main Authors: Chanchai Sattayanon, Watit Sontising, Wanich Limwanich, Puttinan Meepowpan, Winita Punyodom, Nawee Kungwan
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84939936189&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/54292
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media. 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 basis set. A...