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Megan E Fieser

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Wood Z, Giri M, Min H, Ohanyan A, Guerrero A, Assefa M, et al.
Chem Commun (Camb) . 2025 Feb; 61(22):4411-4414. PMID: 39992247
Lanthanide chloride salts, with a cocatalyst, are used as a near "one-size-fits-all" catalyst system to perform the ring-opening copolymerization of diverse epoxides and cyclic anhydrides. Variation of the metal in...
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Bush N, Das A, Bowen J, Fieser M
ChemSusChem . 2025 Feb; :e202402689. PMID: 39899614
Hydrodechlorination of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) directly to polyethylene (PE) represents a way to repurpose PVC waste, while avoiding toxic and/or corrosive byproducts that are produced at the end of life...
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Wood Z, Castro E, Nguyen A, Fieser M
Chem Sci . 2024 Jun; 15(23):8766-8774. PMID: 38873082
Full dechlorination of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) in a controlled manner to yield useful polymeric and chlorinated products is of great interest for the processing of PVC waste. Forming polyethylene (PE)...
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Cheng-Tan M, Nguyen A, Gordon C, Wood Z, Manjarrez Y, Fieser M
ACS Sustain Chem Eng . 2024 May; 12(19):7246-7255. PMID: 38757124
Aliphatic polyesters have received considerable attention in recent years due to their biodegradability and biocompatible, mechanical, and thermal properties that can make them a suitable alternative to today's commercialized polymers....
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Kosloski-Oh S, Knight K, Fieser M
Inorg Chem . 2023 Dec; 63(21):9464-9477. PMID: 38063304
The development of catalysts for stereospecific polymerization of 1,3-dienes is an area of interest due to the robust nature of poly(1,3-diene)s' physical and mechanical properties, as well as the material's...
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Bush N, Assefa M, Bac S, Sharada S, Fieser M
Mater Horiz . 2023 Apr; 10(6):2047-2052. PMID: 37039330
Reaction of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) with 5 equiv. of triethyl silane in THF, in the presence of generated (xantphos)RhCl catalyst, results in partial reduction of PVC hydrodechlorination to yield poly(vinyl...
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Wood Z, Assefa M, Fieser M
Chem Sci . 2022 Oct; 13(35):10437-10447. PMID: 36277642
The ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides is a promising route to sustainable aliphatic polyesters with diverse mechanical and thermal properties. Here, simple yttrium chloride salts (YClTHF and...
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Kosloski-Oh S, Manjarrez Y, Boghossian T, Fieser M
Chem Sci . 2022 Sep; 13(33):9515-9524. PMID: 36091888
The one-pot synthesis of well-defined block copolymers of olefins/1,3-dienes and polar monomers, such as cyclic esters and acrylates has long been the focus of intense research. Cationic alkyl rare earth...
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Manjarrez Y, Cheng-Tan M, Fieser M
Inorg Chem . 2022 Apr; 61(18):7088-7094. PMID: 35483671
Monometallic yttrium β-diketiminate complexes are active and controlled catalysts for perfectly alternating ring-opening copolymerization of 1-butene oxide and phthalic anhydride under mild conditions. β-Diketiminate ligands with pendant neutral donors were...
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Bac S, Fieser M, Sharada S
Phys Chem Chem Phys . 2022 Feb; 24(6):3518-3522. PMID: 35103731
This work utilizes density functional theory and the energetic span model to determine steps constituting the catalytic cycle and turnover frequencies, respectively, for C(sp)-Cl activation and dechlorination by model Rh(I)...