Formation of epoxide-amine oligo-adducts as OH-functionalized initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

• Julia Theis and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 938–944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.105

• were used as the initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone to produce a graft copolymer. Keywords: addition oligomerization; epoxide-amine adducts; microwave; ring-opening polymerization; transfer hydrogenation; Introduction In the last decade the use of microwave (MW