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Room-temperature polycondensations of methylsuccinic acid (MSA) (at 35 °C), bromosuccinic acid (BSA), 2-bromoadipic acid (BAA) (at 40 °C), and citraconic acid (CA) (at 60 °C) with diols containing 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) were performed under reduced pressure (0.3–30 mmHg) using scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate [Sc(OTf)3], scandium trifluoromethanesulfonimide [Sc(NTf2)3], and polymer-supported scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (PS–Sc) to give poly(alkylene alkanoate)s with Mn = 0.67 × 104−1.41 × 104 (Mw/Mn = 1.4–2.1) with quantitative yields. The catalysts are recovered quantitatively and reused. Room-temperature polycondensation made it possible to use thermally unstable monomers containing carbon-carbon double bond and bromo functionality. The atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) ([M]0/[I]0=10) using poly(butylene succinate-co-butylene bromoadipate) [poly(BS-co-BBA)] (Mn = 0.75 × 104, Mw/Mn = 2.0) as the macroinitiator and complex of CuBr and 1,1,4,7,10,10-hexamethyltriethylenetetramine (HMTETA) as the catalyst was carried out in anisole at 80 °C for 10 h under nitrogen atmosphere to give polyester having PMMA side chains [Mn = 2.01 × 104 and Mw/Mn = 1.9, 65% yield].
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Takasu, A., Iio, Y., Mimura, T. et al. Room-Temperature Polycondensation of Dicarboxylic Acids and Diols Catalyzed by Water-Stable Lewis Acids. Polym J 37, 946–953 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.37.946
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