Journal of the American Chemical Society

A bifunctional monomer derived from lactide for toughening polylactide

F Jing, MA Hillmyer

Index: Jing, Feng; Hillmyer, Marc A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 130, # 42 p. 13826 - 13827

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Citation Number: 109

Abstract

(6 S)-3-Methylene-6-methyl-1, 4-dioxane-2, 5-dione was synthesized from l-lactide and used as the dienophile to prepare spiro [6-methyl-1, 4-dioxane-2, 5-dione-3, 2′-bicyclo [2.2. 1] hept [5] ene] via an exoselective and diastereofacial-selective Diels− Alder reaction. Polymerizations of this bifunctional lactide derivative were successfully carried out under ring-opening and ring-opening metathesis polymerization conditions to yield high ...