Highly trans-1,4-stereoselective coordination chain transfer polymerization of 1,3-butadiene and copolymerization with cyclic esters by a neodymium-based catalyst system

• DOI: 10.1039/c5py00877h
• Publication Date: 2015-07-10T14:02:05Z
• Authors: Wenjie Zheng; Nan Yan; Yutian Zhu; Wenpeng Zhao; Chunyu Zhang; Hexin Zhang; Chenxi Bai; Yanming Hu; Xuequan Zhang
• Keywords: Neodymium; Chain transfer; Transfer agent; 1,3-Butadiene

Highly <italic>trans</italic>-1,4-stereoregular polybutadiene (TPB) was obtained by CCTP and novel amphiphilic copolymers (TPB-<italic>b</italic>-PCL/PLA) were successfully synthesized.