Synthesis of functional and boronic acid-containing aliphatic polyesters via Suzuki coupling.

Abstract

Imparting additional functionalities along the side chains of polyesters remains a challenge due to the laborious nature of monomer synthesis and limited polymer functionalization methods for polyesters. To address this challenge, a carbon-carbon bond forming reaction was studied to introduce pendent functional groups in polylactides. This functionalization approach was applied for preparing boronic acid-containing polylactides, an unexplored class of polymers.