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Royal Society of Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, 37(12), p. 5271-5278, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1py00784j
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Sustainable synthesis of CO<sub>2</sub>-derived polycarbonates from d-xylose
Journal article published in 2021 by
David K. Tran 
,
Ahmed Z. Rashad,
Donald J. Darensbourg ,
Karen L. Wooley
,
Ahmed Z. Rashad,
Donald J. Darensbourg ,
Karen L. Wooley
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Abstract
Synthetic transformation of d-xylose into a four-membered cyclic ether allows for reactions with CO2 leading to linear polycarbonates by either ring-opening copolymerisation directly or by isolation of a six-membered cyclic carbonate followed by ring-opening polymerisation.