Novel direct synthetic approach to thiol‐functionalized poly(ε‐caprolactone) by highly chemselective and low costly rare earth phenolate catalysts

Abstract

Highly chemselective and low costly rare earth phenolate catalysts for direct synthesis of thiol-functionalized poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCLSH) has been developed. Well-defined PCLSH polymers are obtained without tedious protecting/deprotecting steps via this convenient synthetic approach. Additional Supporting Information may be found in the online version of this article. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.