The synthesis and copolymerization of 4-hydroxybenzylglycolide: experimental and theoretical aspects
Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation;2. A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Based on tyrosine, 4-hydroxybenzylglycolide was synthesized. Its study in ring-opening copolymerization with lactides in view of the ability of the phenolic hydroxy group to initiate polymerization was performed experimentally and with DFT modeling.