(296) Severson, S. M.; Ren, B.-H.; Cayzer, M.; Keresztes, I.; Johnson, M. L.; Lu, X.-B.; Coates, G. W. Mechanism-Inspired Synthesis of Poly(alkyl malonates) via Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Meldrum’s Acid Derivatives. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, accepted.
(295) Rugh, H. J.; Abdo, E. E.; Lee, J.; Kang, C.; Bem, J. N.; Balsara, N. P.; Coates, G. W. Random Copolymerization of Substituted Dioxolanes: Rational Design of High-Performance Polymer Electrolytes. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 12941-12946.
(294) Rugh, H. J.; Lee, J.; Sun, C.; Abdo, E.; Bem, J.; Balsara, N.; Coates, G. W. Polysilaketals: High-Performance Polyether-Based Electrolytes with Tunable Disubstituted Silane Linkers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, accepted.
(293) Schüttner, S.; Lu, Y.; Frey, H.; Coates, G. W. Stereoregular Poly(Phenyl Glycidyl Ethers): In Situ Formation of a Polyether Stereocomplex from a Racemic Monomer Mixture. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413643.
(292) Ren, B.-H.; Fu, J.-M.; Li, W.-B.; Coates, G. W.; Lu, X.-B. Multicomponent Polymerization of β-Propiolactone, Expoxides, Anhydrides, and CO2: Synthesizing Sustainable Materials with Widely Adjustable Properties. Macromolecules 2024, 57, 8772-8778.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01512
(291) Lin, T.-W.; Padilla-Vélez, O.; Kaewdeewong, P.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Eagan, J. M. Advances in Nonreactive Polymer Compatibilizers for Commodity Polyolefin Blends. Chem. Rev. 2024, 124, 9609-9632.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00047
(290) Ringuette, A. E.; Aktas Eken, G.; Garnenez, A. B.; Palmieri, A. I.; Ober, C. K.; Coates, G. W.; Fors, B. P. Direct Functionalization of Polyethylene Surfaces with High-Density Polymer Brushes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 20563-20568.
doi: (289) Young, M. S.; LaPointe, A. M.; MacMillan, S. N.; Coates, G. W. Highly Enantioselective Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone by a Bimetallic Magnesium Catalyst: An Interdependent Relationship Between Favored and Unfavored Enantiomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18032-18040.
(288) Zamponi, M.; Pyckhout-Hintzen, W.; Wischnewski, A.; Pipich, V.; Holderer, O.; Farago, B.; Coates, G. W.; Long, B. K.; Monkenbusch, M.; Richter, D. Dynamics of Syndiotactic Polypropylene. Macromolecules 2024, 57, 3098-3108.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02529
(287) Cicolella, A.; De Stefano, F.; Scoti, M.; Talarico, G.; Eagan, J. M.; Coates, G. W.; Di Girolamo, R.; De Rosa, C. Phase Separation and Crystallization in Monodisperse Block Copolymers of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene and Isotactic Polypropylene. Macromolecules 2024, 57, 2230-2245.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02470
(286) Gaitor, J. C.; Yang-Neyerlin, A. C.; Markovich, D.; Fors, B. P.; Coates, G. W.; Kourkoutis, L. F.; Pivovar, B. S.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T. Comparing Ammonium and Tetraaminophosphonium Anion-Exchange Membranes Derived from Vinyl-Addition Polynorbornene Copolymers. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024, 7, 1517-1526.
(285) Ye, R.; Sun, X.; Mao, X.; Alfonso, F. S.; Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P. Optical sequencing of single synthetic polymers. Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 210-217.
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(284) Rusconi, Y.; D’Alterio, M. C.; De Rosa, C.; Lu, Y.; Severson, S. M.; Coates, G. W.; Talarico, G. Mechanism of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Formation by Polymerization of (S)– and (R)-3-Methyl Glycolide Using an Enantiopure Aluminum Complex. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 318-323.
(283) Zhou, Z.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Atactic, Isotactic, and Syndiotactic Methylated Polyhydroxybutyrates: An Unexpected Series of Isomorphic Polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25983-25988.
(282) Lu, Y.; Coates, G. W. Pairing-Enhanced Regioselectivity: Synthesis of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) from Racemic Methyl-Glycolide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22425-22432.
(281) Sun, J.; Lee, Y.-H.; Yappert, R. D.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Peters, B.; Abu-Omar, M. M.; Scott, S. L. Bifunctional tandem catalytic upcycling of polyethylene to surfactant-range alkylaromatics. Chem 2023, 9, 2318-2336.
doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.017
(280) Parke, S. M.; Lopez, J. C.; Cui, S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Polyethylene Incorporating Diels-Alder Comonomers: A “Trojan Horse” Strategy for Chemically Recyclable Polyolefins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301927.
(279) Hsu, J. H.; Peltier, C. R.; Treichel, M.; Gaitor, J. C.; Li, Q.; Girbau, R.; Macbeth, A. J.; Abruña, H. D.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Coates, G. W.; Fors, B. P. Direct Insertion Polymerization of Ionic Monomers: Rapid Production of Anion Exchange Membranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304778.
(278) Peltier, C. R.; You, W.; Fackovic Volcanjk, D.; Li, Q.; Macbeth, A. J.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G. W. Quaternary Ammonium-Functionalized Polyethylene-Based Anion Exchange Membranes: Balancing Performance and Stability. ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 2365-2372.
doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00319
(277) Hester, H. G.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W. Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Poly(Dioxolane): Enhancing the Mechanical Performance of a Chemically Recyclable Polymer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8800-8804.
doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01901(276) Zhou, Z.; LaPointe, A. M.; Shaffer, T. D.; Coates, G. W. Nature-inspired methylated polyhydroxybutyrates from C1 and C4 feedstocks. Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 856-861.
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(275) Li, Q.; Molina Villarino, A.; Peltier, C. R.; Macbeth, A. J.; Yang, Y.; Kim, M.-J.; Shi, Z.; Krumov, M. R.; Lei, C.; Rodríguez-Calero, G. G.; Soto, J.; Yu, S.-H.; Mutolo, P. F.; Xiao, L.; Zhuang, L.; Muller, D. A.; Coates, G. W.; Zelenay, P.; Abruña, H. D. Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis: The Future of Green Hydrogen. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 7901-7912.
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00319(274) Kanbur, U.; Paterson, A. L.; Rodriguez, J.; Kocen, A. L.; Yappert, R.; Hackler, R. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Peters, B.; Delferro, M.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Perras, F. A.; Sadow, A. D. Zirconium-Catalyzed C-H Alumination of Polyolefins, Paraffins, and Methane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2901-2910.
(273) Lu, X.; You, W.; Peltier, C. R.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. Influence of Ion-Exchange Capacity on the Solubility, Mechanical Properties, and Mass Transport of Anion-Exchange Ionomers for Alkaline Fuel Cells. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 876-884.
doi: 10.1021/acsaem.2c03210(272) Arroyave, A.; Cui, S.; Lopez, J. C.; Kocen, A. L.; LaPointe, A. M.; Delferro, M.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Post-Consumer Polyethylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23280-23285.
doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c11949(271) Lee, J.; Gao, K. W.; Shah, N. J.; Kang, C.; Snyder, R. L.; Abel, B. A.; He, L.; Teixeira, S. C. M.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Relationship between Ion Transport and Phase Behavior in Acetal-Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes Studied by Electrochemical Characterization and Neutron Scattering. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 11023-11033.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01724
(270) Peltier, C. R.; Rhodes, Z.; Macbeth, A. J.; Milam, A.; Carroll, E.; Coates, G. W.; Minteer, S. D. Suppressing Crossover in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries with Polyethylene-Based Anion-Exchange Membranes. ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 4118-4128.
doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01551
(269) Korley, L. T. J.; McNeil, A. J.; Coates, G. W. Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Polymers. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 2543-2544.
doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00534
(268) Eagan, J. M.; Padilla-Vélez, O.; O’Connor, K. S.; MacMillan, S. N.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Chain-Straightening Polymerization of Olefins to Form Polar Functionalized Semicrystalline Polyethylene. Organometallics 2022, 41, 3411-3418.
doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00366
(267) Choo, Y.; Snyder, R. L.; Shah, N. J.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Complete Electrochemical Characterization and Limiting Current of Polyacetal Electrolytes. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2022, 169, 020538.
doi: 10.1149/1945-7111/ ac4f22
(266) Lidston, C. A. L.; Severson, S. M.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W. Multifunctional Catalysts for Ring-Opening Copolymerizations. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 11037–11070.
(265) Kocen, A. L.; Cui, S.; Lin, T.-W.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Chemically Recyclable Ester-Linked Polypropylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12613–12618.
(264) Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Mao, X.; Coates, G. W.; Chen. P. Tuning Single-Polymer Growth via Hydrogen Bonding in Conformational Entanglements. ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, 8, 1116-1124.
doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00415
(263) Di Girolamo, R.; Santillo, C.; Malafronte, A.; Scoti, M.; De Stefano, F.; Talarico, G.; Coates, G. W.; De Rosa, C. Structure and morphology of isotactic polypropylene–polyethylene block copolymers prepared with living and stereoselective catalyst. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 2950-2963 .
(262) Popowski, Y.; Lu, Y.; Coates, G.W.; Tolman, W. B. Stereocomplexation of Stereoregular Aliphatic Polyesters: Change from Amorphous to Semicrystalline Polymers with Single Stereocenter Inversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8362–8370.
(261) Haque, F. M.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Lidston, C. A. L.; Shao, H.; Bates, F. S.; Chang, A. B.; Coates, G. W.; Cramer, C. J.; Dauenhauer, P. J.; Dichtel, W. R.; Ellison, C. J.; Gormong, E. A.; Hamachi, L. S.; Hoye, T. R.; Jin, M.; Kalow, J. A.; Kim, H. J.; Kumar, G.; LaSalle, C. J.; Liffland, S.; Lipinski, B. M.; Pang, Y.; Parveen, R.; Peng, X.; Popowski, Y.; Prebihalo, E. A.; Reddi, Y.; Reineke, T. M.; Sheppard, D. T.; Swartz, J. L.; Tolman, W. B.; Vlaisavljevich, B.; Wissinger, J.; Xu, S.; Hillmyer, M. A. Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 6322-6373.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00173
(260) Yang, Y.; Peltier, C. R.; Zeng, R.; Schimmenti, R.; Li, Q.; Huang, X.; Yan, Z.; Potsi, G.; Selhorst, R.; Lu, X.; Xu, W.; Tader, M.; Soudackov, A. V.; Zhang, H.; Krumov, M.; Murray, E.; Xu, P.; Hitt, J.; Xu, L.; Ko, H.-Y.; Ernst, B. G.; Bundschu, C.; Luo, A.; Markovich, D.; Hu, M.; He, C.; Wang, H.; Fang, J.; DiStasio Jr., R. A.; Kourkoutis, L. F.; Singer, A.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Xiao, L.; Zhuang, L.; Pivovar, B. S.; Zelenay, P.; Herrero, E.; Feliu, J. M.; Suntivich, J.; Giannelis, E. P.; Hammes-Schiffer, S.; Arias, T.; Mavrikakis, M.; Mallouk, T. E.; Brock, J. D.; Muller, D. A.; DiSalvo, F. J.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 6117–6321.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00331
(259) Zhao, Q.; Utomo, N. W.; Kocen, A. L.; Jin, S.; Deng, Y.; Zhu, V. X.; Moganty, S.; Coates, G. W.; Archer, L. A. Upgrading Carbonate Electrolytes for Ultra-stable Practical Lithium Metal Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116214.
doi: 10.1002/anie.202116214(258) Zeng, M.; Lee, Y.-H.; Strong, G.; LaPointe A. M.; Kocen, A. L.; Qu, Z.; Coates, G. W.; Scott, S. L.; Abu-Omar, M. M. Chemical Upcycling of Polyethylene to Value-Added α,ω-Divinyl-Functionalized Oligomers. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 13926–13936.
doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05272
(257) Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Chakraborty, U. K.; Kubo, K.; Mao, X.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P. Single-chain polymerization dynamics and conformational mechanics of conjugated polymers. Chem 2021, 7, 2175-2189.
doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.05.007
(256) Knauer, K. M.; Speros, J. C.; Kemp, L. K.; Savin, D. A.; Bao, Z.; Coates, G. W.; Epps III, T. H.; Hawker, C. J.; Le Roy, J. J.; Morse, M.; Yu, O. Entrepreneurship in Polymer Chemistry. ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 10, 864-872.
doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00303
(255) Abel, B. A.; Snyder, R. L.; Coates, G. W. Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals. Science 2021, 373, 783-789.
doi: 10.1126/science.abh0626(254) Halat, D. M.; Snyder, R. L.; Sundararaman, S.; Choo, Y., Choo; Gao, K. W.; Hoffman, Z. J.; Abel, B. A.; Grundy, L. S.; Galluzzo, M. D.; Gordon, M. P.; Celik, H.; Urban, J. J.; Prendergast, D.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P.; Reimer, J. A. Modifying Li+ and Anion Diffusivities in Polyacetal Electrolytes: A Pulsed-Field-Gradient NMR Study of Ion Self-Diffusion. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 4915–4926.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00339
(253) Snyder, R. L.; Choo, Y.; Gao, K. W.; Halat, D. M.; Abel, B. A.; Sundararaman, S.; Prendergast, D.; Reimer, J. A.; Balsara, N. P.; Coates, G. W. Improved Li+ Transport in Polyacetal Electrolytes: Conductivity and Current Fraction in a Series of Polymers. ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 1886–1891.
doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00594
(252) Lu, Y.; Swisher, J. H.; Meyer, T. Y.; Coates, G. W. Chirality-Directed Regioselectivity: An Approach for the Synthesis of Alternating Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4119–4124.
(251) Sundararaman, S.; Halat, D. M.; Choo, Y.; Snyder, R. L.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W.; Reimer, J. A.; Balsara, N. P.; Prendergast, D. Exploring the Ion Solvation Environments in Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes through Free-Energy Sampling. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 8590–8600.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01417.
(250) You, W.; Ganley, J. M.; Ernst, B. G.; Peltier, C. R.; Ko, H.-Y.; DiStasio Jr., R. A.; Knowles, R. R.; Coates, G. W. Expeditious synthesis of aromatic-free piperidinium-functionalized polyethylene as alkaline anion exchange membranes. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 3898-3910.
(249) You, W.; Hugar, K. M.; Selhorst, R. C.; Treichel, M.; Peltier, C. R.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Coates, G. W. Degradation of Organic Cations Under Alkaline Conditions. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 254−263.
(248) Markovich, D.; Yu, Y.; Colletta, M.; Treichel, M.; Selhorst, R.; Peltier, C.; Coates, G.; Noonan, K. J.; Kourkoutis, L. Low Dose Mapping of Semicrystallinity in Polymer Membranes with cryogenic 4D-STEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2021, 27(S1), 12-13.
doi: 10.1017/S1431927621000623
(247) Lidston, C. A. L.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W. Bifunctional Catalysis Prevents Inhibition in Reversible-Deactivation Ring-Opening Copolymerizations of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20161−20169.
doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c10014(246) De Rosa, C.; Malafronte, A.; Di Girolamo, R.; Auriemma, F.; Scoti, M.; Ruiz de Ballesteros, O.; Coates, G. W. Morphology of Isotactic Polypropylene-Polyethylene Block Copolymers Driven by Controlled Crystallization. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 10234−10244.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01316
(245) Hubbell, A. K.; Coates, G. W. Nucleophilic Transformations of Lewis Acid-Activated Disubstituted Epoxides with Catalyst-Controlled Regioselectivity. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 13391−13414.
doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01691(244) Hubbell, A. K.; Lamb, J. R.; Klimovica, K.; Mulzer, M.; Shaffer, T. D.; MacMillan, S. N.; Coates, G. W. Catalyst-Controlled Regioselective Carbonylation of Isobutylene Oxide to Pivalolactone. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 12537−12543.
doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03492(243) Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A. L.; Patnaik, S.; Pei, Y.; LaPointe, A. M.; Ammal, S. C.; Hackler, R. A.; Heyden, A.; Slowing, I. I.; Coates, G. W.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Huang, W.; Sadow, A. D.; Perras, F. A. Catalytic Upcycling of High Density Polyethylene via a Processive Mechanism. Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 893−901.
doi: 10.1038/s41929-020-00519-4
(242) Lipinski, B. M.; Walker, K. L.; Clayman, N. E.; Morris, L. S.; Jugovic, T. M. E.; Roessler, A. G.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; MacMillan, S. N.; Zare, R. N.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Waymouth, R. M.; Coates, G. W. A Mechanistic Study of Isotactic Poly(propylene oxide) Synthesis by a Tethered Bimetallic Chromium Salen Catalyst. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 8960−8967.
(241) Klimovica, K.; Pan, Sa.; Lin, T.-W., Peng, X.; Ellison, C. J.; LaPointe, A. M.; Bates, F. S.; Coates, G. W. Compatibilization of iPP/HDPE Blends with PE-g–iPP Graft Copolymers. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 1161−1166.
doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00339
(240) Gao, K. W.; Loo, W. S.; Snyder, R. L.; Abel, B. A.; Choo, Y.; Lee, A.; Teixeira, S. C. M.; Garetz, B. A.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Miscible Polyether/Poly(ether–acetal) Electrolyte Blends. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 5728−5739.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00747
(239) Stalin, S.; Johnson, H. E. N.; Biswal, P.; Vu, D.; Zhao, Q.; Yin, J.; Abel, B. A.; Deng, Y.; Coates, G. W.; Archer, L. A. Achieving Uniform Lithium Electrodeposition in Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene oxide) Networks: “Soft” Polymers Prevent Metal Dendrite Proliferation. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 5445−5454.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00475
(238) Stalin, S.; Tikekar, M.; Biswal, P.; Li, G.; Johnson, H. E. N.; Deng, Y.; Zhao, Q.; Vu, D.; Coates, G. W.; Archer, L. A. Designing Polymeric Interphases for Stable Lithium Metal Deposition. Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 5749−5758.
doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01501
(237) Coates, G. W; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L. Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy. Nature Rev. Mater. 2020, 5, 501−516.
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(236) Snyder, R. L.; Lidston, C. A. L.; De Hoe, G. X.; Parvulescu, M. J. S.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Coates, G. W. Mechanically Robust and Reprocessable Imine Exchange Networks from Modular Polyester Pre-Polymers. Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 5346−5355.
(235) Lamb, J. R.;‡ Hubbell, A. K.;‡ MacMillan, S. N.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylative, Catalytic Deoxygenation of 2,3-Disubstituted Epoxides with Inversion of Stereochemistry: An Alternative Alkene Isomerization Method. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8029−8035.
(234) Lipinski, B. M.; Morris, L. S.; Silberstein, M. N.; Coates, G. W. Isotactic Poly(propylene oxide): A Photodegradable Polymer with Strain Hardening Properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6800−6806.
(233) Sifri, R. J.;‡ Padilla-Vélez, O.;‡ Coates, G. W., Fors, B. P. Controlling the Shape of Molecular Weight Distributions in Coordination Polymerization and Its Impact on Physical Properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1443−1448.
(232) You, W.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Coates, G. W. Alkaline-stable Anion Exchange Membranes: A Review of Synthetic Approaches. Prog. Polym. Sci. 2020, 100, 101177.
doi: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2019.101177
(231) Wan, Z.-Q.; Longo, J. M.; Liang, L.-X.; Chen, H.-Y.; Hou, G.-J.; Yang, S.; Zhang, W.-P.; Coates, G. W.; Lu, X.-B. Comprehensive Understanding of Polyester Stereocomplexation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14780–14787.
(230) Abel, B. A.;‡ Lidston, C. A. L.;‡ Coates, G. W. Mechanism-Inspired Design of Bifunctional Catalysts for the Alternating Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12760–12769.
(229) Hugar, K. M.; You, W.; Coates, G. W. Protocol for the Quantitative Assessment of Organic Cation Stability for Polymer Electrolytes. ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 1681–1686.
doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00908
(228) Vidavsky, Y.; Yang, S. J.; Abel, B. A.; Agami, I.; Diesendruck, C. E.; Coates, G. W.; Silberstein, M. N. Enabling Room Temperature Mechanochromic Activation in a Glassy Polymer: Synthesis and Characterization of Spiropyran Polycarbonate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10060–10067.
(227) Padilla-Vélez, O.; O’Connor, K. S.; LaPointe, A. M.; MacMillan, S. N.; Coates, G. W. Switchable Living Nickel(II) α-Diimine Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerisation. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 7607–7610.
(226) Clayman, N. E.;‡ Morris, L. S.;‡ LaPointe, A. M.; Keresztes, I.; Waymouth, R. M.; Coates, G. W. Dual Catalysis for the Copolymerisation of Epoxides and Lactones. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 6914–6917.
(225) You, W.; Padgett, E.; MacMillan, S. N.; Muller, D. A.; Coates, G. W. Highly Conductive and Chemically Stable Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes via ROMP of trans-Cyclooctene Derivatives. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2019, 116, 9729–9734.
(224) Hubbell, A. K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lamb, J. R.; Coates, G. W. Regioselective Carbonylation of 2,2-Disubstituted Epoxides: An Alternative Route to Ketone-Based Aldol Products. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2474–2480.
(223) Lee, M.;‡ Lamb, J. R.;‡ Sanford, M. J.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Nucleophilic ring opening of trans-2,3-disubstituted epoxides to β-amino alcohols with catalyst-controlled regioselectivity. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 12998–13001.
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(222) Xu, J.; Eagan, J. M.; Kim, S.-S.; Pan, S.; Lee, B.; Klimovica, K.; Jin, K.; Lin, T.-W.; Howard, M. J.; Ellison, C. J.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Bates, F. S. Compatibilization of Isotactic Polypropylene (iPP) and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) with iPP–PE Multiblock Copolymers. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 8585–8596.
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01907
(221) Peterson, B. M.; Ren, D.; Shen, L.; Wu, Y.-C. M.; Ulgut, B.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D.; Fors, B. P. Phenothiazine-Based Polymer Cathode Materials with Ultrahigh Power Densities for Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 3560–3564.
(220) Yu, X.; Jia, J.; Xu, S.; Lao, K. U.; Sanford, M. J.; Ramakrishnan, R. K.; Nazarenko, S. I.; Hoye, T. R.; Coates, G. W.; DiStasio Jr., R. A. Unraveling Substituent Effects on the Glass Transition Temperatures of Biorenewable Polyesters. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2880–2888.
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(219) Vaccarello, D. N.; O’Connor, K. S.; Iacono, P.; Rose, J. M.; Cherian, A. E.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of Semicrystalline Polyolefin Materials: Precision Methyl Branching via Stereoretentive Chain Walking. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6208–6211.
(218) You, W.; Hugar, K. M.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes with Chemically Stable Imidazolium Cations: Unexpected Cross-Linked Macrocycles from Ring-Fused ROMP Monomers. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 3212–3218.
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(217) Zheng, Q.; Pesko, D. M.; Savoie, B. M.; Timachova, K.; Hasan, A. L; Smith, M. C.; Miller, T. F., III; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Optimizing Ion Transport in Polyether-Based Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 2847–2858.
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(216) Morris, L. S.; Childers, I. M.; Coates, G. W. Bimetallic Chromium Catalysts with Chain Transfer Agents: A Route to Isotactic Poly(propylene oxide)s with Narrow Dispersities. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5731–5734.
(215) De Hoe, G. X.; Zumstein, M. T.; Tiegs, B. J.; Brutman, J. P.; McNeill, K.; Sander, M., Coates, G. W.; Hillmyer, M. A. Sustainable Polyester Elastomers from Lactones: Synthesis, Properties, and Enzymatic Hydrolyzability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 963–973.
(214) Souther, K. D.; Leone, A. K.; Vitek, A. K.; Palermo, E. F.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Trials and tribulations of designing multitasking catalysts for olefin/thiophene block copolymerizations. J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem. 2018, 56, 132–137.
(213) Leone, A. K.; Souther, K. D.; Vitek, A. K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Mechanistic Insight into Thiophene Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization Mediated by Nickel Diimine Catalysts. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 9121–9127.
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(212) M. J.;N. J.Coates, G. W. Reversible-deactivation anionic alternating ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides and cyclic anhydrides: access to orthogonally functionalizable multiblock aliphatic polyesters. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 134-142.
(211) Liu, C.; Kubo, K.; Wang, E.; Han, K.-S.; Yang, F.; Chen, G.; Escobedo, F. A.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P. Single Polymer Growth Dynamics. Science 2017, 358, 352–355.
(210) Womble, C. T.; Kang, J.; Hugar, K. M.; Coates, G. W.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Rapid Analysis of Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Stability in Alkaline Media. Organometallics 2017, 36, 4038–4046.
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(209) Fieser, M. E.; Sanford, M. J.; Mitchell, L. A.; Dunbar, C. R.; Mandal, M.; Van Zee, N. J.; Urness, D. M.; Cramer, C. J.; Coates, G. W.; Tolman, W. B. Mechanistic Insights into the Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides Using a (Salph)AlCl and Iminium Salt Catalytic System. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15222–15231.
(208) O’Connor, K. S.; Lamb, J. R.; Vaidya, T.; Keresztes, I.; Klimovica, K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Daugulis, O.; Coates, G. W. Understanding the Insertion Pathways and Chain Walking Mechanisms of α-Diimine Nickel Catalysts for α-Olefin Polymerization: A 13C NMR Spectroscopic Investigation. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 7010-7027.
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(207) Domski, G. J.; Eagan, J. M.; De Rosa, C.; Di Girolamo, R.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Talarico, G.; Coates, G. W. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach for Living and Isoselective Propylene Polymerization. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 6930-6937.
(206) Shen, L.; Mizutani, M.; Rodríguez-Calero, G. G.; Hernández-Burgos, K.; Truong, T.-T.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. Hybrid Organic Electrodes: The Rational Design and Synthesis of High-Energy Redox-Active Pendant Functionalized Polypyrroles for Electrochemical Energy Storage. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2017, 164, A1946-A1951.
(205) Childers, M. I.; Vitek, A. K.; Morris, L. S.; Widger, P. C. B.; Ahmed, S. M.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Coates, G. W. Isospecific, Chain Shuttling Polymerization of Propylene Oxide Using a Bimetallic Chromium Catalyst: A New Route to Semicrystalline Polyols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11048–11054.
(204) Trigg, E. B.; Tiegs, B. J.; Coates, G. W.; Winey, K. I. High Morphological Order in a Nearly Precise Acid-Containing Polymer and Ionomer. ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 947–951.
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(203) Eagan, J. M.; Xu, J.; Di Girolamo, R.; Thurber, C. M.; Macosko, C. W.; LaPointe, A. M.; Bates, F. S.; Coates, G. W. Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/iPP multiblock polymers. Science 2017, 814-816.
(202) Miller, T. F. III; Wang, Z.-G.; Coates, G., W.; Balsara, N. P. Designing Polymer Electrolytes for Safe and High Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 590-593.
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(201) Longo, J. M.; Sanford, M. J.; Coates, G. W. Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides with Discrete Metal Complexes: Structure–Property Relationships. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 15167–15197.
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(200) Dunn, E. W.; Lamb, J. R.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylation of Ethylene Oxide to β‑Propiolactone: A Facile Route to Poly(3-hydroxypropionate) and Acrylic Acid. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 8219−8223.
(199) O’Connor, K. S.; Watts, A.; Vaidya, T.; LaPointe, A. M.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Coates, G. W. Controlled Chain Walking for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6743–6751.
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(198) Sanford, M. J.; Peña Carrodeguas, L.; Van Zee, N. J.; Kleij, A. W.; Coates, G. W. Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide and Cyclohexene Oxide with Tricyclic Anhydrides: Access to Partially Renewable Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6394–6400.
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(197) Long, B. K.; Eagan, J. M.; Mulzer, M.; Coates, G. W. Semi-Crystalline Polar Polyethylene: Ester-Functionalized Linear Polyolefins Enabled by a Functional Group Tolerant, Cationic Nickel Catalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7106−7110.
(196) Womble, C. T.; Coates, G. W.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Noonan, K. J. T. Tetrakis(dialkylamino)
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(195) De Rosa, C.; Di Girolamo, R.; Auriemma, F.; D’Avino, M.; Talarico, G.; Cioce, C.; Scoti, M.; Coates, G. W.; Lotz, B. Oriented Microstructures of Crystalline-Crystalline Block Copolymers Induced by Epitaxy and Competitive and Confined Crystallization. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 5576−5586.
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(194) Pesko, D. M.; Jung, Y.; Hasan, A. L.; Webb, M. A.; Coates, G. W.; Miller, T. F., III; Balsara, N. P. Effect of monomer structure on ionic conductivity in a systematic set of polyester electrolytes. Solid State Ionics 2016, 289, 118−124.
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(193) Zheng, Q.; Ma, L.; Khurana, R.; Archer, L. A.; Coates, G. W. Structure–Property Study of Cross-Linked Hydrocarbon/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes with Superior Conductivity and Dendrite Resistance. Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6832-6838 .
(192) Pesko, D. M.; Webb, M. A.; Jung, Y.; Zheng, Q.; Miller, T. F.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Universal Relationship between Conductivity and Solvation-Site Connectivity in Ether-Based Polymer Electrolytes. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 5244–5255.
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(191) John, A.; Miranda, M. O.; Ding, K.; Dereli, B.; Ortuño, M. A.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Nickel Catalysts for the Dehydrative Decarbonylation of Carboxylic Acids to Alkenes. Organometallics 2016, 35, 2391–2400.
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(190) DiCiccio, A. M.; Longo, J. M.; Rodríguez-Calero, G. G.; Coates, G.W. Development of Highly Active and Regioselective Catalysts for the Copolymerization of Epoxides with Cyclic Anhydrides: An Unanticipated Effect of Electronic Variation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7107-7113.
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(189) Van Zee, N. J.; Sanford, M. J.; Coates, G.W. Electronic Effects of Aluminum Salph Complexes in the Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Tricyclic Anhydrides: Access to Well-Defined, Functionalizable Aliphatic Polyesters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2755–2761.
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(188) Tiegs, B. J.; Sarkar, S.; Condo, A. M.; Keresztes, I.; Coates, G. W. Rapid Determination of Polymer Stereoregularity Using Band- Selective 2D HSQC. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 181−184.
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(187) Lamb, J. R.; Mulzer, M.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Regioselective Isomerization of 2,3-Disubstituted Epoxides to Ketones: An Alternative to the Wacker Oxidation of Internal Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15049−15054.
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(186) Ohtaki, H.; Deplace, F; Vo, G D.; LaPointe, A M.; Shimizu, F; Sugano, T; Kramer, E J.; Fredrickson, G H.; Coates, G. W. Allyl-Terminated Polypropylene Macromonomers: A Route to Polyolefin Elastomers with Excellent Elastic Behavior. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 7489−7494.
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(185) Cowman, C. D.; Padgett, E.; Tan, K. W.; Hovden, R.; Gu, Y.; Andrejvic, N.; Muller, D.; Coates, G. W.; Wiesner, U. Multicomponent Nanomaterials with Complex Networked Architectures from Orthogonal Degradation and Binary Metal Backfilling in ABC Triblock Terpolymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 6026–6033.
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(184) Hugar, K. M.; Kostalik IV, H. A.; Coates, G. W. Imidazolium Cations with Exceptional Alkaline Stability: A Systematic Study of Structure–Stability Relationships. J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8730–8737.
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(183) Webb, M. A.; Jung, Y.; Pesko, D. M.; Savoie, B. M.; Yamamoto, U.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P.; Wang, Z.-G.; Miller, T. F. Systematic Computational and Experimental Investigation of Lithium-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Polyester-Based Polymer Electrolytes. ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1, 198–205.
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(182) Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Di Caprio, M. R.; Di Girolamo, R.; Coates, G.W. Crystallization of Alternating Limonene Oxide/Carbon Dioxide Copolymers: Determination of the Crystal Structure of Stereocomplex Poly(Limonene Carbonate). Macromolecules 2015, 48, 2534–2550.
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(181) Van Humbeck, J. F.; Aubrey, M. L.; Alsbaiee, A.; Ameloot, R.; Coates, G. W.; Dichtel, W. R.; Long, J. R. Tetraarylborate Polymer Networks as Single-Ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 5499–5505.
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(180) Ma, Y.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Titanium(IV) catalysts with ancillary iminospiroketonato ligands: synthesis, structure and olefin polymerization. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12265–12272.
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(179) Truong, T.-T.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. High Power Organic Cathodes Using Thin Films of Electropolymerized Benzidine Polymers. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 14674–14677.
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(178) Lamb, J. R.; Jung, Y.; Coates, G. W. Meinwald-type rearrangement of monosubstituted epoxides to methyl ketones using an [Al porphyrin]+[Co(CO)4]– catalyst. Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 346-349.
(177) Kim, J. W.; Jung, Y.; Coates, G. W.; Silberstein, M. N. Mechano-Activation of Spiropyran Covalently Linked PMMA: Effect of Temperature, Strain Rate and Deformation Mode. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 1335–1342.
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(176) Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Di Caprio, M. R.; Di Girolamo, R.; Ellis, W. C.; Coates, G. W. Stereocomplexed Poly(Limonene Carbonate): A Unique Example of the Cocrystallization of Amorphous Enantiomeric Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1215–1218.
(175) Van Zee, N. J.; Coates, G. W. Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Biorenewable Terpene-Based Cyclic Anhydrides: A Sustainable Route to Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2665-2668.
(174) Kramer, J. W.; Rowley, J. M.; Coates, G. W. Ring-Expanding Carbonylation of Epoxides. Organic Reactions, 2015, 86, 1–103.
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(173) Mulzer, M.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylation of cis-Disubstituted Epoxides to trans-β-Lactones: Catalysts Displaying Steric and Contrasteric Regioselectivity. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11851–11862.
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(172) Longo, J. M.; DiCiccio, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Poly(propylene succinate): A New Polymer Stereocomplex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15897–15900.
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(171) Ellis, W. C.; Jung, Y.; Mulzer, M.; Di Girolamo, R.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Copolymerization of CO2 and meso Epoxides Using Enantioselective β-Diiminate Catalysts: A Route to Highly Isotactic Polycarbonates. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 4004-4011.
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(170) Mulzer, M.; Tiegs, B. J.; Wang, Y.; Coates, G. W.; O’Doherty, G. A. Total Synthesis of Tetrahydrolipstatin and Stereoisomers via a Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Carbonylation of Epoxyhomoallylic Alcohols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10814−10820.
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(169) Childers, M. I.: Longo, J. M.; Van Zee, N. J.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Stereoselective Epoxide Polymerization and Copolymerization. Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 8129-8152.
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(168) Mulzer, M.; Lamb, J. R.; Nelson, Z.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylative Enantioselective meso-Desymmetrization of cis-Epoxides to trans-β-Lactones: Effect of Salen-Ligand Electronic Variation on Enantioselectivity. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9842-9845.
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(167) Young, N. P.; Devaux, D.; Khurana, R.; Coates, G. W.; Balsara, N. P. Investigating polypropylene-poly(ethylene oxide)-polypropylene triblock copolymers as solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries. Solid State Ionics 2014, 263, 87-94.
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(166) Khurana, R.; Schaefer, J. L.; Archer, L. A. Coates, G. W. Supression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Polyethylene Oxide Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 7395-7402.
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(165) Vaidya, T.; Klimovica, K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Keresztes, I.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Daugulis, O.; Coates, G. W. Secondary Alkene Insertion and Precision Chain-Walking: A New Route to Semicrystalline “Polyethylene” from α-Olefins by Combining Two Rare Catalytic Events. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 7213-7216.
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(164) Van Zee, N. J.; Coates, G. W. Alternating Copolymerization of Dihydrocoumarin and Epoxides Catalyzed by Chromium Salen Complexes: A New Route to Functional Polyesters. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6322-6325.
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(163) Mulzer, M.; Ellis, W. C.; Lobkovsky, E. M.; Coates, G. W. Enantioenriched β-Lactone and Aldol-Type Products from Regiodivergent Carbonylation of Racemic cis-Epoxides. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 1928-1933.
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(162) John, J.; Hugar, K. M.; Rivera-Meléndez, J.; Kostalik, H. A.; Rus, E. D.; Wang, H.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. An Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study of a Prospective Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Material for Fuel Cells: Anion Exchange Dynamics and Membrane Swelling. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5309-5322.
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(161) Ritzert, N. L.; Truong, T.-T.; Coates, G. W.; Abruña, H. D. Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Bithiophenes with Methylthio Functionalities. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 924-932.
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(160) Ahmed, S. M.; Poater, A.; Childers, M. I.; Widger, P. C. B.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W.; Cavallo, L. Enantioselective Polymerization of Epoxides Using Biaryl-Linked Bimetallic Cobalt Catalysts: A Mechanistic Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18901-18911.
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(159) Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Di Girolamo, R.; Silvestre, A.; Anderson-Wile, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Small Angle X-ray Scattering Investigation of Norbornene-Terminated Syndiotactic Polyropylene and Corresponding Comb-Like Poly(macromonomer). J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 10320-10333.
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(158) Whiting, B. T.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis and Polymerization of Bicyclic Ketals: A Practical Route to High-Molecular Weight Polyketals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10974-10977.
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(157) Mulzer, M.; Whiting, B. T.; Coates, G. W. Regioselective Carbonylation of trans-Disubstituted Epoxides to β-Lactones: A Viable Entry into syn-Aldol-Type Products. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10930-10933.
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(156) Cohen, A.; Coates, G. W.; Kol, M. Propylene Polymerization by C1-Symmetric {ONNO’}-Type Salan Zirconium Complexes. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 593-600.
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(155) Noonan, K. J. T.; Hugar, K. M.; Kostalik IV, H. A.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G. W. Phosphonium Functionalized Polyethylene: A New Class of Base Stable Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 18161-18164.
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(154) Kim, J. G.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis and Polymerization of Norbornenyl-Terminated Multiblock Poly(cyclohexene carbonate)s: A Consecutive Ring-Opening Polymerization Route to Multisegmented Graft Polycarbonates. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 7878-7883.
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(153) Deplace, F.; Scholz, A. K.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Kramer, E. J.; Shin, Y.-W.; Shimizu, F.; Zuo, F.; Rong, L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Coates, G. W. Tough and Elastic Thermoplastic Organogels and Elastomers Made of Semicrystalline Polyolefin-Based Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 5604-5618.
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(152) Anderson-Wile, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Silvestre, A. Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene-Terminated Syndiotactic Polypropylene. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 7863-7877.
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(151) Anderson-Wile, A. M.; Edson, J. B.; Coates, G. W. Living Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkene Polymerization: Polyolefin Synthesis and New Polymer Architectures. In: Matyjaszewski, K. and Möller, M. (eds.) Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Amsterdam: Elsevier BV. 2012, 3, 739-778.
(150) Ajiro, H.; Widger, P. C. B.; Ahmed, S. M.; Allen, S. D.; Coates, G. W. Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Epoxides. In: Matyjaszewski, K. and Möller, M. (eds.) Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Amsterdam: Elsevier BV. 2012, 4, 165–181.
(149) Chen, Q.; Mulzer, M.; Shi, P.; Beuning, P. J.; Coates, G. W.; O’Doherty, G. A. De Novo Asymmetric Synthesis of Fridamycin E. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6592-6595.
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(147) Widger, P. C. B.; Ahmed, S. M.; Coates, G. W. Exploration of Cocatalyst Effects on a Bimetallic Cobalt Catalyst System: Enhanced Activity and Enantioselectivity in Epoxide Polymerization. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 5666-5670.
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(146) Ruiz-Orta, C.; Fernandez-Blazques, J. P.; Anderson-Wile, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Alamo, R. G. Isotactic Polypropylene with (3,1) Chain-Walking Defects: Characterization, Crystallization, and Melting Behaviors. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 3436-3451.
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(145) Mulzer, M.; Coates, G. W. A Catalytic Route to Ampakines and Their Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1426-1428.
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(144) Liang, Y.; Hnatiuk, N.; Rowley, J. M.; Whiting, B. T.; Coates, G. W.; Rablen, P. R.; Morton, M.; Howell, A. R. Access to Oxetane-Containing psico-Nucleosides from 2-Methyleneoxetanes: A Role for Neighboring Group Participation? J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9962-9974.
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(143) Kim, J. G.; Cowman, C. D.; LaPointe, A. M.; Wiesner, U.; Coates, G. W. Tailored Living Block Copolymerization: Multiblock Poly(Cyclohexene Carbonate)s with Sequence Control. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 1110-1113.
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(142) DiCiccio, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride with Epoxides: A Chain-Growth Approach to Unsaturated Polyesters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10724-10727.
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(141) Brulé, E.; Guo, J.; Coates, G. W.; Thomas, C. M. Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Alternating Copolymers. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2011, 32, 169-185.
(140) Widger, P. C. B.; Ahmed, S. M.; Hirahata, W.; Thomas, R. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Isospecific Polymerization of Racemic Epoxides: A Catalyst System for the Synthesis of Highly Isotactic Polyethers. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2935-2937.
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(139) Wang, Z.; Niu, Y.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Kramer, E. J.; Shin, Y.-W.; Shimizu, F.; Zuo, F.; Rong, L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Coates, G. W. Step-Cycle Mechanical Processing of Gels of sPP-b-EPR-b-sPP Triblock Copolymer in Mineral Oil. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 6782-6788.
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(138) Thomas, R. M.; Widger, P. C. B.; Ahmed, S. M.; Jeske, R. C.; Hirahata, W.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Enantioselective Epoxide Polymerization Using a Bimetallic Cobalt Catalyst. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16520-16525.
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(137) Robertson, N. J.; Kostalik IV, H. A.; Clark, T. J.; Mutolo, P. F.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G. W. Tunable High Performance Crosslinked Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3400-3404.
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(136) Park, S.; Huh, Y. S.; Szeto, K.; Joe, D. J.; Kameoka, J.; Coates, G. W.; Edel, J. B.; Erickson, D.; Craighead, H. G. Rapid Prototyping of Nanofluidic Systems Using Size-Reduced Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomolecular Analysis. Small 2010, 6, 2420-2426.
(135) Kostalik IV, H. A.; Clark, T. J.; Robertson, N. J.; Mutolo, P. F.; Longo, J. M.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G. W. Solvent Processable Tetraalkylammonium-Functionalized Polyethylene for Use as an Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 7147-7150.
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(134) Dunn, E. W.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylative Polymerization of Propylene Oxide: A Multicatalytic Approach to the Synthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11412-11413.
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(133) Deplace, F.; Wang, Z.; Lynd, N. A.; Hotta, A.; Rose, J. M.; Hustad, P. D.; Tian, J.; Ohtaki, H.; Coates, G. W.; Shimizu, F.; Hirokane, K.; Yamada, F.; Shin, Y.-W.; Rong, L.; Zhu, J.; Toki, S.; Hsiao, B. W.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Kramer, E. J. Processing-Structure-Mechanical Property Relationships of Semicrystalline Polyolefin based Block Copolymers. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2010, 48, 1428-1437.
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(132) Dekker, F. J.; Rocks, O.; Vartak, N.; Menninger, S.; Hedberg, C.; Balamurugan, R.; Wetzel, S.; Renner, S.; Gerauer, M.; Schölermann, B.; Rusch, M.; Kramer, J. W.; Rauh, D.; Coates, G. W.; Brunsveld, L.; Bastiaens, P. H.; Waldmann, H. Small-Molecule Inhibition of APT1 Affects Ras Localization and Signaling. Nat. Chem. Bio. 2010, 6, 449-456.
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(131) Zelikoff, A. L.; Kopilov, J.; Goldberg, I.; Coates, G. W.; Kol, M. New Facets of an Old Ligand: Titanium and Zirconium Complexes of Phenylenediamine Bis(phenolate) in Lactide Polymerisation Catalysis. Chem. Commun. 2009, 6804-6806.
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(130) Niu, A.; Stelbrink, J.; Allgaier, J.; Richter, D.; Hartmann, R.; Domski, G. J.; Coates, G. W.; Fetters, L. J. Polymerization of 1-Octene by a Pyridylamidohafnium Catalyst: A SEC, 1H-NMR and Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 1083-1090.
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(129) Laitar, D. S.; Kramer, J. W.; Whiting, B. T.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. β-Amidoaldehydes via oxazoline hydroformylation. Chem. Commun. 2009, 5704-5706.
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(128) Kramer, J. W.; Treitler, D. S.; Dunn, E. W.; Castro, P. M.; Roisnel, T.; Thomas, C. M.; Coates, G. W. Polymerization of Enantiopure Monomers Using Syndiospecific Catalysts: A New Approach to Sequence Control in Polymer Synthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10642-16044.
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(127) Edson, J. B.; Domski, G. J.; Rose, J. M.; Bolig, A. D.; Brookhart, M.; Coates, G. W. “Living Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkene Polymerization: Polyolefin Synthesis and New Polymer Architectures” In Controlled and Living Polymerizations: From Mechanisms to Applications, Wiley-VCH, 2009, 169−237.
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(126) Kramer, J. W.; Treitler, D. S.; Coates, G. W. Low Pressure Carbonylation of Epoxides to β-Lactones. Org. Synth. 2009, 86, 287-297.
(125) Edson, J. B.; Keresztes, I.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Alkene Polymerization Catalysts Bearing Tridentate Phenoxyamine Ligands with sp3 C Donors. Chem. Cat. Chem. 2009, 1, 122-130.
(124) Edson, J. B.; Coates, G. W. Cyclopolymzation of Nonconjugated Dienes with a Tridentate Phenoyamine Hafnium Complex Supported by a sp3-C Donor: Isotactic Enchainment and Diastereoselective Cis-Ring Closure. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2009, 30, 1900-1906.
(123) Coates, G. W.; Hillmyer, M. A. Polymers from Renewable Resources. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 7987-7989.
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(122) Clark, T. J.; Robertson, N. J.; Kostalik IV, H. A.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Mutolo, P. F.; Abruña, H. D.; Coates, G. W. A Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Route to Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes: Development of Hydroxide-Conducting Thin Films from Ammonium-Functionalized Monomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12888-12889.
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(121) Ajiro, H.; Peretti, K. L.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. On the Mechanism of Isospecific Epoxide Polymerization by Salen Cobalt (III) Complexes: Evidence for Solid-State Catalysis. Dalton Trans. 2009, 8828-8830.
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(120) Rose, J. M.; Mourey, T. H.; Slater, L. A.; Keresztes, I.; Fetters, L. J.; Coates, G. W. Poly(ethylene-co-propylene macromonomer)s: Synthesis and Evidence for Starlike Conformations in Dilute Solution. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 559-567.
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(119) Rose, J. M.; Deplace, F.; Lynd, N. A.; Wang, Z.; Hotta, A.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Kramer, E. J.; Coates, G. W. C2-Symmetric Ni(II) α-Diimines Featuring Cumyl-Derived Ligands: Synthesis of Improved Elastomeric Regioblock Polypropylenes. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 9548-9555.
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(118) Kramer, J. W.; Coates, G. W. Fluorinated β-Lactones and Poly(β-hydroxyalkanoate)s: Synthesis via Epoxide Carbonylation and Ring-Opening Polymerization. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 6973-6978.
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(117) Jeske, R. C.; Rowley, J. M.; Coates, G. W. Pre-Rate-Determining Selectivity in the Terpolymerization of Epoxides, Cyclic Anhydrides, and CO2: A One-Step Route to Diblock Copolymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6041-6044.
(116) Hirahata, W.; Thomas, R. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Enantioselective Polymerization of Epoxides: A Highly Active and Selective Catalyst for the Preparation of Stereoregular Polyethers and Enantiopure Epoxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17658-17659.
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(115) Edson, J. B.; Wang, Z.; Kramer, E. J.; Coates, G. W. Fluorinated Bis(phenoxyketimine)titanium Complexes for the Living, Isoselective Polymerization of Propylene: Multiblock Isotactic Polypropylene Copolymers via Sequential Monomer Addition. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4968-4977.
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(114) Domski, G. J.; Edson, J. B.; Keresztes, I.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of a new olefin polymerization catalyst supported by a sp3-C donor via insertion of a ligand-appended alkene into the Hf-C bond of a neutral pyridylamidohafnium trimethyl complex. Chem. Commun. 2008, 6137-6139.
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(113) Byrne, C. M.; Church, T. L.; Kramer, J. W.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic Synthesis of β3-Amino Acid Derivatives from α-Amino Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3979-3983.
(112) Stellbrink, J.; Niu, A.; Allgaier, J.; Richter, D.; Koenig, B. W.; Hartmann, R.; Coates, G. W.; Fetters, L. J. Analysis of Polymeric Methylaluminoxane (MAO) via Small Angle Neutron Scattering. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 4972-4981.
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(111) Rowley, J. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic Double Carbonylation of Epoxides to Succinic Anhydrides: Catalyst Discovery, Reaction Scope, and Mechanism. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4948-4960.
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(110) Rose, J. M.; Cherian, A. E.; Lee, J. H.; Archer, L. A.; Coates, G. W.; Fetters, L. J. Rheological Behavior of Chain-Straightened Poly(α-olefins)s. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6807-6813.
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(109) Mason, A. F.; Coates, G. W. Coordination Polymerization: Synthesis of New Homo- and Copolymer Architectures from Ethylene and Propylene Using Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta Polymerization Catalysts. Macromolecular Engineering: Precise Synthesis, Materials Properties, Applications, Matyjaszewski, K.; Gnanou, Y.; Leibler, L., eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2007.
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(108) Niamsiri, N.; Bergkvist, M.; Delamarre, S. C.; Cady, N. C.; Coates, G. W.; Ober, C. K.; Batt, C. A. Insight in the role of bovine serum albumin for promoting the in situ surface growth of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) on patterned surfaces via enzymatic surface-initiated polymerization. Coll. Surf. B-Biointerf. 2007, 60, 68-79.
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(107) Kramer, J. W.; Joh, D. Y.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylation of Epoxides to Substituted 3-Hydroxy-δ-Lactones. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5581-5583.
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(106) Johnson, J. B.; Bercot, E. A.; Rowley, J. M.; Coates, G. W.; Rovis, T. Ligand-Dependent Catalytic Cycle and Role of Styrene in Nickel-Catalyzed Anhydride Cross-Coupling: Evidence for Turnover-Limiting Reductive Elimination. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2718-2725.
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(105) Jeske, R. C.; DiCiccio, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides: An Improved Route to Aliphatic Polyesters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11330-11331.
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(104) Grassian, V. H.; Meyer, G.; Abruña, H.; Coates, G. W.; Achenie, L. E.; Allison, T.; Brunschwig, B.; Ferry, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Gardea-Torresday, J.; Grey, C. P.; Hutchison, J.; Li, C.-J.; Liotta, C.; Raguskas, A.; Minteer, S.; Mueller, K.; Roberts, J.; Sadik, O.; Schmehl, R.; Schneider, W.; Selloni, A.; Stair, P.; Stewart, J.; Thorn, D.; Tyson, J.; Voelker, B.; White, J. M.; Wood-Black, F. Chemistry for a Sustainable Future. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 4840-4846.
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(103) Domski, G. J.; Rose, J. M.; Coates, G. W.; Bolig, A. D.; Brookhart, M. Living alkene polymerization: New methods for the precision synthesis of polyolefins. Prog. Polym. Sci. 2007, 32, 30-92.
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(102) Domski, G. J.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Polymerization of α-Olefins with Pyridylamidohafnium Catalysts: Living Behavior and Unexpected Isoselectivity from a Cs-Symmetric Catalyst Precursor. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3510-3513.
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(101) Church, T. L.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Byrne, C. M.; Coates, G. W. Carbonylation of heterocycles by homogeneous catalysts. Chem. Commun. 2007, 657-674.
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(100) Church, T. L.; Byrne, C. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. A New Multicomponent Reaction Catalyzed by a [Lewis Acid]+[Co(CO)4]– Catalyst: Stereospecific Synthesis of 1,3-Oxazinane-2,4-diones from Epoxides, Isocyanates, and CO. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8156-8162.
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(99) Cherian, A. E.; Sun, F. C.; Sheiko, S. S.; Coates, G. W. Formation of Nanoparticles by Intramolecular Cross-Linking: Following the Reaction Progress of Single Polymer Chains by Atomic Force Microscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11350-11351.
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(98) Ajiro, H; Allen, S. D.; Coates, G. W. Discrete Catalysts for Stereoselective Epoxide Polymerization. Stereoselective Polymerization with Single-Site Catalysts; Baugh, L. S.; Canich, J. M., Eds.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2007.
(97) Yoon, J.; Mathers, R. T.; Coates, G. W.; Thomas, E. L. Optically Transparent and High Molecular Weight Polyolefin Block Copolymers toward Self-Assembled Photonic Band Gap Materials. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 1913-1919.
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(96) Rose, J. M.; Cherian, A. E.; Coates, G. W. Living Polymerization of α-Olefins with an α-Diimine Ni(II) Catalyst: Formation of Well-Defined Ethylene-Propylene Copolymers through Controlled Chain-Walking. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4186-4187.
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(95) Robertson, N. J.; Qin, Z.; Dallinger, G. C.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Lee, S.; Coates, G. W. Two-dimensional double metal cyanide complexes: highly active catalysts for the homopolymerization of propylene oxide and copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide. Dalton Trans. 2006, 5390-5395.
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(94) Ray, A.; Kissin, Y. V.; Zhu, K.; Goldman, A. S.; Cherian, A. E.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic post-modification of alkene polymers: Chemistry and kinetics of dehydrogenation of alkene polymers and oligomers with pincer Ir complexes. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2006, 256, 200-207.
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(93) Kramer, J. W.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Practical β-Lactone Synthesis: Epoxide Carbonylation at 1 atm. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3709-3712.
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(92) Kim, Y.-R.; Paik, H.-J.; Ober, C. K.; Coates, G. W.; Mark, S. S.; Ryan, T. E.; Batt, C. A. Real-Time Analysis of Enzymatic Surface-Initiated Polymerization Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR). Macromol. Biosci. 2006, 6, 145-152.
(91) Hotta, A.; Cochran, E.; Ruokolainen, J.; Khanna, V.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Kramer, E. J.; Shin, Y.-W.; Shimizu, F.; Cherian, A. E.; Hustad, P. D.; Rose, J. M.; Coates, G. W. Semicrystalline thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefins: Advances through catalyst development and macromolecular design. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2006, 103, 15327-15332.
(90) Cohen, C. T.; Thomas, C. M.; Peretti, K. L.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide using (salen)Co(III) complexes: synthesis and characterization of syndiotactic poly(cyclohexene carbonate). Dalton Trans. 2006, 237-249.
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(89) Cohen, C. T.; Coates, G. W. Alternating copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide with highly efficient and selective (salen)Co(III) catalysts: Effect of ligand and cocatalyst variation. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2006, 44, 5182-5191.
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(88) Church, T. L.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Coates, G. W. The Mechanism of Epoxide Carbonylation by [Lewis Acid]+[Co(CO)4]– Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10125-10133.
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(87) Bellan, L. M.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Poly(dicyclopentadiene) Submicron Fibers Produced by Electrospinning. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2006, 27, 511-515.
(86) Allen, S. D.; Byrne, C. M.; Coates, G. W. Carbon Dioxide as a Renewable C1 Feedstock: Synthesis and Characterization of Polycarbonates from the Alternating Copolymerization of Expoxides and CO2. ACS Symp. Ser. 2006, 921, 116-129.
(85) Schmidt, J. A. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Chromium(III) Octaethylporphyrinato Tetracarbonylcobaltate: A Highly Active, Selective, and Versatile Catalyst for Epoxide Carbonylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11426-11435.
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(84) Ruokolainen, J.; Mezzenga, R.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Kramer, E. J.; Hustad, P. D.; Coates, G. W. Morphology and Thermodynamic Behavior of Syndiotactic Polypropylene-Poly(ethylene-co-propylene) Block Polymers Prepared by Living Olefin Polymerization. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 851-860.
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(83) Verbridge, S. S.; Edel, J. B.; Stavis, S. M.; Moran-Mirabal, J. M.; Allen, S. D.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Suspended glass nanochannels coupled with microstructures for single molecule detection. J. Appl. Phys. 2005, 97, 124317.
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(82) Ray, A.; Zhu, K.; Kissin, Y. V.; Cherian, A. E.; Coates, G. W.; Goldman, A. S. Dehydrogenation of aliphatic polyolefins catalyzed by pincer-ligated iridium complexes. Chem. Commun. 2005, 3388-3390.
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(81) Peretti, K. L.; Ajiro, H.; Cohen, C. T.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. A Highly Active, Isospecific Cobalt Catalyst for Propylene Oxide Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11566-11567.
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(80) Paik, H.-j.; Kim, Y.-R.; Orth, R. N.; Ober, C. K.; Coates, G. W.; Batt, C. A. End-functionalization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) via genetic engineering for solid surface modification. Chem. Commun. 2005, 1956-1958.
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(79) Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Schmidt, J. A. R.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of an Epoxide Carbonylation Catalyst: Exploration of Contemporary Chemistry for Advanced Undergraduates. J. Chem. Educ. 2005, 82, 621-624.
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(78) Fetters, L. J.; Lee, J. H.; Mathers, R. T.; Hustad, P. D.; Coates, G. W.; Archer, L. A.; Rucker, S. P.; Lohse, D. J. Influence of Syndiotactic Propylene Units on the Rheological Parameters of Poly(ethylene-propylene) Copolymers. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 10061-10066.
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(77) Cohen, C. T.; Chu, T.; Coates, G. W. Cobalt Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide: Combining High Activity and Selectivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10869-10878.
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(76) Cherian, A. E.; Rose, J. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. A C2–Symmetric, Living α-Diimine Ni(II) Catalyst: Regioblock Copolymers from Propylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 13770-13771.
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(75) Cherian, A. E.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of Allyl-Terminated Syndiotactic Polypropylene: Macromonomers for the Synthesis of Branched Polyolefins. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 6259-6268.
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(74) Cherian, A. E.; Domski, G. J.; Rose, J. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Acid-Catalyzed ortho-Alkylation of Anilines with Styrenes: An Improved Route to Chiral Anilines with Bulky Substituents. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 5135-5137.
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(73) Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Esposito, S.; Coates, G. W.; Fujita, M. Alternating Isotactic Ethylene-Cyclopentene Copolymer: A Crystalline Engineering Plastomer Including High Amounts of Structural Disorder. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 2850-2851.
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(72) Auriemma, F.; De Rosa, C.; Esposito, S.; Coates, G. W.; Fujita, M. Crystal Structure of Alternating Isotactic Ethylene-Cyclopentene Copolymer. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 7416-7429.
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(71) Schmidt, J. A. R.; Mahadevan, V.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Coates, G. W. A Readily Synthesized and Highly Active Epoxide Carbonylation Catalyst Based on a Chromium Porphyrin Framework: Expanding the Range of Available β-Lactones. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 373-376.
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(70) Radulescu, A.; Mathers, R. T.; Coates, G. W.; Richter, D.; Fetters, L. J. A SANS Study of the Self-Assembly in Solution of Syndiotactic Polypropylene Homopolymers, Syndiotactic Polypropylene-block-poly(ethylene-co-Propylene) Diblock Copolymers, and an Alternating Atactic-Isotactic Multisegment Polypropylene. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 6962-6971.
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(69) Mathers, R. T.; Coates, G. W. Cross metathesis functionalization of polyolefins. Chem. Commun. 2004, 422-423.
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(68) Mason, A. F.; Coates, G. W. Gel Permeation Chromatography as a Combinatorial Screening Method: Identification of Highly Active Heteroligated Phenoxyimine Polymerization Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10798-10799.
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(67) Mason, A. F.; Coates, G. W. New Phenoxyketimine Titanium Complexes: Combining Isotacticity and Living Behavior in Propylene Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 16326-16327.
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(66) Mahajan, S.; Cho, B.-K.; Allgaier, J.; Fetters, L. J.; Coates, G. W.; Wiesner, U. Synthesis of Amphiphilic ABC Triblock Copolymers with PEO as the Middle Block. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2004, 25, 1889-1894.
(65) Kim, Y.-R.; Paik, H.-J.; Ober, C. K.; Coates, G. W.; Batt, C. A. Enzymatic Surface-Initiated Polymerization: A Novel Approach for the in Situ Solid-Phase Synthesis of Biocompatible Polymer Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Biomacromolecules 2004, 5, 889-894.
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(64) Kameoka, J.; Ilic, R.; Czaplewski, D.; Mathers, R. T.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Fabrication of Blended Polyphenylenevinylene Nanowires by Scanned Electrospinning. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2004, 17, 421-425.
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(63) Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Mahadevan, V.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Stereochemistry of epoxide carbonylation using bimetallic Lewis acid/metal carbonyl complexes. Pure Appl. Chem. 2004, 76, 557-564.
(62) Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Kundnani, V.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic Carbonylation of β-Lactones to Succinic Anhydrides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 6842-6843.
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(61) De Rosa, C.; Circelli, T.; Auriemma, F.; Mathers, R. T.; Coates, G. W. Structure and Physical Properties of Syndiotactic Polypropylene from Living Polymerization with Bis(phenoxyimine)-Based Titanium Catalysts. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 9034-9047.
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(60) Coates, G. W.; Moore, D. R. Discrete Metal-based Catalystis for the Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides: Discovery, Reactivity, Optimization, and Mechanism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6618-6639.
(59) Byrne, C. M.; Allen, S. D.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Alternating Copolymerization of Limonene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11404-11405.
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(58) Reinartz, S.; Mason, A. F.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Titanium Catalysts with Ancillary Phenoxyketimine Ligands for Living Ethylene Polymerization. Organometallics 2003, 22, 2542-2544.
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(57) Qin, Z.; Thomas, C. M.; Lee, S.; Coates, G. W. Cobalt-Based Complexes for the Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide and CO2: Active and Selective Catalysts for Polycarbonate Synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5484-5487.
(56) Moore, D. R.; Cheng, M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Mechanism of the Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and CO2 using β-Diiminate Zinc Catalysts: Evidence for a Bimetallic Epoxide Enchainment. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11911-11924.
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(55) Mason, A. F.; Tian, J.; Hustad, P. D.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Syndiospecific Living Catalysts for Propylene Polymerization: Effect of Fluorination on Activity, Stereoselectivity, and Termination. Isr. J. Chem. 2003, 42, 301-306.
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(54) Mahajan, S.; Renker, S.; Simon, P. F. W.; Gutmann, J. S.; Jain, A.; Gruner, S. M.; Fetters, L. J.; Coates, G. W.; Wiesner, U. Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(hexyl methacrylate) Copolymers. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 1047-1055.
(53) Kameoka, J.; Orth, R.; Yang, Y.; Czaplewski, D.; Mathers, R.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. A scanning tip electrospinning source for deposition of oriented nanofibres. Nanotechnology 2003, 14, 1124-1129.
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(52) Czaplewski, D. A.; Kameoka, J.; Mathers, R.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Nanofluidic channels with elliptical cross sections formed using a nonlithographic process. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2003, 83, 4836-4838.
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(51) Cherian, A. E.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Chiral anilines: Development of C2-symmetric, late-transition metal catalysts for isoselective 2-butene polymerization. Chem. Commun. 2003, 2566-2567.
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(50) Baird, E. J.; Holowka, D.; Coates, G. W.; Baird, B. Highly Effective Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Architectures for Specific Inhibition of Immune Receptor Activation. Biochemistry 2003, 42, 12739-12748.
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(49) Allen, S. D.; Moore, D. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Structure and reactivity of mono- and dinuclear diiminate zinc alkyl complexes. J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 683, 137-148.
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(48) Rieth, L. R.; Moore, D. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Single-Site β-Diiminate Zinc Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone and β-Valerolactone to Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoates). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 15239-15248.
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(47) Ovitt, T. M.; Coates, G. W. Stereochemistry of Lactide Polymerization with Chiral Catalysts: New Opportunities for Stereocontrol Using Polymer Exchange Mechanisms. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 1316-1326.
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(46) Moore, D. R.; Cheng, M.; Lobkobsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Electronic and Steric Effects on Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Polymerization: Subtle Modifications Resulting in Superior Activities. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2599-2602.
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(45) Mahadevan, V.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Coates, G. W. [Lewis acid]+[Co(CO)4]– Complexes: A Versatile Class of Catalysts for Carbonylative Ring Expansion of Epoxides and Aziridines. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2781-2784.
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(44) Hustad, P. D.; Tian, J.; Coates, G. W. Mechanism of Propylene Insertion Using Bis(phenoxyimine)-Based Titanium Catalysts: An Unusual Secondary Insertion of Propylene in a Group IV Catalyst System. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3614-3621.
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(43) Hustad, P. D.; Tian, J.; Coates, G. W. Mechanism of Propylene Insertion Using Bis(phenoxyimine)-Based Titanium Catalysts: An Unusual Secondary Insertion of Propylene in a Group IV Catalyst System. [Erratum for J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3614-3621]. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 15400.
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(42) Hustad, P. D.; Coates, G. W. Insertion/Isomerization Polymerization of 1,5-Hexadiene: Synthesis of Functional Propylene Copolymers and Block Copolymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11578-11579.
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(41) Harnett, C. K.; Satyalakshmi, K. M.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Direct Electron-Beam Patterning of Surface Coatings and Sacrificial Layers for Micro-Total Analysis Systems. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2002, 15, 493-496.
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(40) Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; Mahadevan, V.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis of β-Lactones: A Highly Active and Selective Catalyst for Epoxide Carbonylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 1174-1175.
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(39) Fujita, M.; Coates, G. W. Synthesis and Characterization of Alternating and Multiblock Copolymers from Ethylene and Cyclopentene. Macromolecules 2002, 35, 9640-9647.
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(38) Coates, G. W.; Hustad, P. D.; Reinartz, S. Catalysts for the Living Insertion Polymerization of Alkenes: Access to New Polyolefin Architectures Using Ziegler-Natta Chemistry. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2236-2257.
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(37) Coates, G. W. Polymerization Catalysis at the Millennium: Frontiers in Stereoselective, Metal-Catalyzed Polymerization. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 467-475.
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(36) Allen, S. D.; Moore, D. R.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. High-Activity, Single-Site Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 and Propylene Oxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14284-14285.
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(35) Tian, J.; Hustad, P. D.; Coates, G. W. A New Catalyst for Highly Syndiospecific Living Olefin Polymerization: Homopolymers and Block Copolymers from Ethylene and Propylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 5134-5135.
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(34) Tian, J.; Hustad, P. D.; Coates, G. W. Development of a Diversity-Based Approach for the Discovery of New Catalysts for the Synthesis of Functional Polymers. Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2001, 84, 371-372.
(33) Rieth, L. R.; Eaton, R. F.; Coates, G. W. Polymerization of Ureidopyrimidinone-Functionalized Olefins by Using Late-Transition Metal Ziegler-Natta Catalysts: Synthesis of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Polyolefins. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 2153-2156.
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(32) Coates, G. W. Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards. Chem. Eng. News 2001, 79, 37-43.
(31) Harnett, C. K.; Coates, G. W.; Craighead, H. G. Heat-Depolymerizable Polycarbonates as Electron Beam Patternable Sacrificial Layers for Nanofluidics. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 2001, 19, 2842-2845.
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(30) Cheng, M.; Moore, D. R.; Reczek, J. R.; Chamberlain, B. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Single-Site β-Diiminate Zinc Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides: Catalyst Synthesis and Unprecedented Polymerization Activity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 8738-8749.
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(29) Chamberlain, B. M.; Cheng, M.; Moore, D. R.; Ovitt, T. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Polymerization of Lactide with Zinc and Magnesium β-Diiminate Complexes: Stereocontrol and Mechanism. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 3229-3238.
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(28) Tian, J.; Coates, G. W. Development of a Diversity-Based Approach for the Discovery of Stereoselective Polymerization Catalysts: Identification of a Catalyst for the Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polypropylene. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 3626-3629.
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(27) Ovitt, T. M.; Coates, G. W. Stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide with a single-site, racemic aluminum alkoxide catalyst: Synthesis of stereoblock poly(lactic acid). J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2000, 38, 4686-4692.
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(26) Coates, G. W. Precise Control of Polyolefin Stereochemistry Using Single-Site Metal Catalysts. Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 1223-1252.
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(25) Cheng, M.; Darling, N. A.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Enantiomerically-enriched organic reagents via polymer synthesis: Enantioselective copolymerization of cycloalkene oxides and CO2 using homogeneous, zinc-based catalysts. Chem. Commun. 2000, 2007-2008.
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(24) Weck, M.; Dunn, A. R.; Matsumoto, K.; Coates, G. W.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Grubbs, R. H. Influence of Perfluoroarene-Arene Interactions on the Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystalline and Polymeric Materials. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 2741-2745.
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(23) Ovitt, T. M.; Coates, G. W. Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of meso-Lactide: Synthesis of Syndiotactic Poly(lactic acid). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4072-4073.
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(22) Cheng, M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. New High-Activity Zinc-Based Catalysts for Polycarbonate Synthesis. Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 1999, 80, 44.
(21) Cheng, M.; Attygalle, A. B.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Single-Site Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization: Synthesis of Heterotactic Poly(lactic acid) from rac-Lactide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 11583-11584.
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(20) Bergman, J. S.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, H.; Giannelis, E. P.; Thomas, M. G. Synthesis and characterization of polyolefin-silicate nanocomposites: A catalyst intercalation and in situ polymerization approach. Chem. Commun. 1999, 2179-2180.
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(19) Coates, G. W. “Polymerization Reactions” In: Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis; Jacobsen, E. N., Pfaltz, A., Yamamoto, H., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, 1999, 3, 1329−1349.
(18) Coates, G. W.; Dunn, A. R.; Henling, L. M.; Ziller, J. W.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Grubbs, R. H. Phenyl-Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: Topochemical [2+2] Photodimerization and Photopolymerization of Olefinic Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 3641-3649.
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(17) Cheng, M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Coates, G. W. Catalytic Reactions Involving C1 Feedstocks: New High-Activity Zn(II)-Based Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11018-11019.
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(16) Coates, G. W.; Dunn, A. R.; Henling, L. M.; Dougherty, D. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Phenyl-Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: A New Strategy for Supermolecule Construction. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1997, 36, 248-251.
(15) Bruce, M. D.; Coates, G. W.; Hauptman, E.; Waymouth, R. M.; Ziller, J. W. Effect of Metal on the Stereospecificity of 2-Arylindene Catalysts for Elastomeric Polypropylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11174-11182.
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(14) Grubbs, R. H.; Coates, G. W. α-Agostic Interactions and Olefin Insertion in Metallocene Polymerization Catalysts. Acc. Chem. Res. 1996, 29, 85-93.
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(13) Coates, G. W.; Grubbs, R. H. Quantitative Ring-Closing Metathesis of Polyolefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 229-230.
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(12) Waymouth, R.; Coates, G. W.; Ciardelli, F.; Carlini, C.; Altomare, A. Polymer Synthesis and Stereochemistry with Transition Metal Catalysts. Chemical Synthesis; Chatgilialoglu, C., Snieckus, V., Eds.; Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, 1996, 453−473.
(11) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Oscillating Stereocontrol: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Polypropylene. Science 1995, 267, 217-219.
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(10) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta Polymerization. Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II; Abel, E. W., Stone, F. G. A., Wilkinson, G., Eds.; Elsevier Science Ltd.: Oxford, 1995, 12, 1193−1208.
(9) Waymouth, R. M.; Coates, G. W.; Mogstad, A. L.; Stein, K.; Fischer, D.; Borkowsky, S. Stereospecific Polymerization with Metallocenes: Macromolecular Design via Catalysis. Macromol. Symp. 1995, 98, 221−222.
(8) Miller, R. G.; Kyle, J. A.; Coates, G. W.; Anderson, D. J.; Fanwick, P. E. Generation of an (alkoxycarbonyl)rhodium complex in an alcohol analog of the water-gas shift reaction. Organometallics 1993, 12, 1161-1166.
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(7) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Enantioselective cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene catalyzed by chiral zirconocenes: A novel strategy for the synthesis of optically active polymers with chirality in the main chain. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 91-98.
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(6) Bovino, S. C.; Coates, G. W.; Banovetz, J. P.; Waymouth, R. M.; Straus, D. A.; Ziller, J. W. Crystal structures of (η5-C5Me5)(η5-2,4-C7H11)Cr and (η5-C5Me5)(η5-2,4-C7H11)CrCO. An example of ‘S’ 2,4-dimethylpentadienyl ligand geometry. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1993, 203, 179-183.
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(5) Kesti, M. R.; Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta polymerization of functionalized monomers catalyzed by cationic group IV metallocenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 9679-9680.
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(4) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Enantioselective Cyclopolymerization: A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Optically Active Polymers with Chirality in the Main Chain. Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 1992, 67, 92-93.
(3) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Chiral polymers via cyclopolymerization. J. Mol. Catal. 1992, 76, 189-194.
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(2) Coates, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M. Enantioselective cyclopolymerization: Optically active poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6270-6271.
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(1) Resconi, L.; Coates, G. W.; Mogstad, A.; Waymouth, R. M. Stereospecific Cyclopolymerization with Group 4 Metallocenes. J. Macromol. Sci., Chem. 1991, A28, 1225-1234.