Didier Bourissou

Effect of Pendant Pyrene Groups on the Topology and Thermal Properties of Poly(Trimethylene Carbonate)

ABSTRACT Planar aromatic side chains offer a promising strategy for regulating polymer topology and segmental dynamics. Here, a pyrene‐substituted trimethylene carbonate (TMCM‐Py) was synthesized and polymerized by DBU‐catalyzed ring‐opening polymerization using benzyl alcohol as...

Programming Transition‐Metal Reactivity With Dicationic Tetrylene Z‐Type Ligands

ABSTRACT Dicationic tetrylenes possess unique σ–acceptor properties but have long remained chemical curiosities because of their intrinsic instability and limited coordination chemistry. Chen and Zhang now transform these elusive species into practical, electronically programmabl...