Theoretical investigation on the mechanism and kinetics of the ring-opening polymerization of ?-caprolactone initiated by tin(II) alkoxides

• Main Authors: Sattayanon C., Kungwan N., Punyodom W., Meepowpan P., Jungsuttiwong S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886445689&partnerID=40&md5=9a3898ac91b9da7134672877f5fd4fad; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7247
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A theoretical investigation of the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) mechanism of ?-caprolactone (CL) with tin(II) alkoxide, Sn(OR)2 initiators (R = n-C4H9, i-C4H9, t-C4H9, n-C6H13, n-C8H17) was studied. The density functional theory at B3LYP level was used to perform the modeled reactions. A coordi...