Balint Alexander, Papendick Marius, Clauss Manuel, Müller Carsten, Giesselmann Frank, Naumann Stefan
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Polymer Chemistry, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Feb 27;54(18):2220-2223. doi: 10.1039/c7cc09031e.
Under mild conditions, PPO-PEO-PPO ("reverse Pluronics") and PBO-PEO-PBO copolyether were generated by way of N-heterocyclic olefin-based organocatalysis. Reverse Pluronics with molar masses > 20 000 g mol could be synthesized with excellent control (Đ ≤ 1.03) and were converted into (ordered) mesoporous carbons via organic self-assembly to showcase the need for tailor-made copolymer as structure-directing agent.