Figure 1.

Homo-Polymerization of MDO Mediated by Co^II(Salen*)

Conditions: MDO (5.7 g, 50.0 mmol), Co^II (Salen*) (60.4 mg, 0.1 mmol), AIBN (82.0 mg, 0.5 mmol), 75°C.

(A) The scheme of ring-opening radical homo-polymerization of MDO mediated by Co^II(Salen*).

(B) The evolution of monomer conversion and ln([MDO]₀/[MDO]_t) with polymerization time.

(C) The variation of M_n and Đ for PMDO with MDO conversion.

(D) GPC (THF, 35°C) traces of PMDO at different polymerization times.

(E) ¹H NMR spectrum of the produced PMDO.