Mechanistic study of Sn(Oct)2-catalyzed ε-caprolactone polymerization using Sn(Oct)2/BF3 dual catalyst

Preparation and characterization of degr

Preparation and characterization of degradation tunable poly(ε-caprolactone) using a Sn(Oct)2/BF3 dual catalyst

✍ G. Jiang; I. A. Jones; C. D. Rudd; G. S. Walker 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 75 KB

## Abstract Tailoring the degradation rate of poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) was found to be easily accomplished by the polymerization of ε‐caprolactone using a Sn(Oct)~2~/BF~3~ dual catalyst. The resulting PCL contained BF~3~, which acts as a hydrolytic degradation catalyst for PCL. The degradation ra