posted on 2021-06-16, 13:10authored byAbdullah Fahad A. Alshamrani, Orlando Santoro, Timothy J. Prior, Mohammed A. Alamri, Graeme J. Stasiuk, Mark ElsegoodMark Elsegood, Carl Redshaw
Interaction of [Sc(OR)3] (R = iPr or triflate) with p-tertbutylcalix[n]arenes, where n = 4, 6, or 8, affords a number of
intriguing structural motifs, which are relatively non-toxic
(cytotoxicity evaluated against cell lines HCT116 and HT-29) and a
number were capable of the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of
cyclohexene oxide.
Funding
Evolving a circular plastics ecomony
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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