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ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2025

Sustainable Polymerization of Natural Lactones via Iron Catalysis: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Study.

Giuseppe Gravina, Eugenio Romano, Alessia Liporace, Massimo Christian D'Alterio, Giovanni Talarico, Claudio Pellecchia

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Article in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Giuseppe GravinaDipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "A. Zambelli", Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, Salerno 84084, Italy.
Eugenio RomanoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia 21, Napoli 80126, Italy.
Alessia LiporaceDipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "A. Zambelli", Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, Salerno 84084, Italy.
Massimo Christian D'AlterioDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia 21, Napoli 80126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-903X
Giovanni TalaricoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia 21, Napoli 80126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-0444
Claudio PellecchiaDipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "A. Zambelli", Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, Salerno 84084, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4358-1776

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An earth-abundant Fe-(II)-based catalyst was employed for efficient and sustainable ring-opening polymerization of naturally occurring ε- and δ-lactones. High turnover frequencies (TOFs) and excellent control over the polymerization of δ-substituted δ-lactones demonstrate the catalyst's ability to process monomers traditionally considered challenging or poorly polymerizable. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations suggest the formation of dinuclear iron species and underscore the mechanistic complexity of the system, including a monomer-dependent variation in the rate-determining step.

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DFT calculations of ROPearth-abundant catalystring opening polymerization of lactonesδ-substituted δ-lactonesε-lactones

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PMID41268366
PMCPMC12628644

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