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. 2015 Mar 6;48(6):1703–1710. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00254

Table 2. Apparent Rate Constant (kpapp) at Different Temperatures for AOMEC and εCL during Copolymerization Initiated by Benzyl Alcohol/TBD or P2-t-Bu.

temperature [°C] catalyst [M]a:[I]:[Cat.] kpapp(AOMEC)b [s–1] kpapp(εCL)b [s–1]
–40 TBD [200]:[1]:[2.5] 25 0.064
30 TBD [200]:[1]:[2.5] 17.1 0.35
100 TBD [200]:[1]:[2.5] 630 65.4
170 TBD [200]:[1]:[2.5] 190 102
30 P2-t-Bu [400]:[1]:[0.5] 101.9 21.5
a

[M], M = nAOMEC + nεCL, and nAOMEC/nεCL = 1.

b

For determination of kpapp values see Supporting Information figure S1–S5.