Coupled equilibria in H-bond donating ring-opening polymerization: The effective catalyst-determined shift of a polymerization equilibrium

[Display omitted] •ROP and catalyst/reagent binding equilibria are highly coupled.•Thiourea favors depolymerization to provide a lactone binding partner to thiourea.•Varying amounts of thiourea catalyst alters the total amount of monomer at equilibrium.•Rapid and reversible binding of thiourea to VL...

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Published in:	European polymer journal Vol. 95; pp. 671 - 677
Main Authors:	Datta, Partha P., Pothupitiya, Jinal U., Kiesewetter, Elizabeth T., Kiesewetter, Matthew K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2017 Elsevier BV
Subjects:	Catalysis Catalysts Free energy Free energy of reaction H-bonding Lactone Lactones Monomers Polymerization Ring opening polymerization Studies Thiourea Thioureas Ring-opening polymerization Lactone Thiourea H-bonding
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