Preparation of Biodegradable Polyesters by Tandem Reactions: Use of Metal Complexes of Silanol Functionalized Polyoxotungstates as Single Catalysts

Axe Synthèse

Acronyme : TANDEM

Travail de recherche commencé le 1er dec. 2018

Laboratoire co-porteur

• Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM)
  Equipe : Edifices POlyMétalliques (EPOM)
  Porteur du projet : Dr. Geoffroy Guillemot
  Co-encadrante : Pr. Anna Proust
• Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP)
  Equipe : Chimie Organométallique et Catalyse de Polymérisation
  Co-encadrants : Dr. Carine Robert, Pr. Christophe Thomas

Résumé du projet

The main goal of this research project is to introduce a new class of tandem catalysts for the synthesis of biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters. Metal complexes of silanolfunctionalized polyoxotungstates will provide single-site anchored catalysts that aim to connect two independent catalytic cycles for i) the production of epoxides and ii) the ringopening copolymerization of cyclic anhydrides with in-situ formed epoxides.