@article{DoritiBrosnanWeidneretal.2016, author = {Doriti, Afroditi and Brosnan, Sarah M. and Weidner, Steffen M. and Schlaad, Helmut}, title = {Synthesis of polysarcosine from air and moisture stable N-phenoxycarbonyl-N-methylglycine assisted by tertiary amine base}, series = {Polymer Chemistry}, volume = {7}, journal = {Polymer Chemistry}, publisher = {RSC Publ.}, address = {Cambridge}, issn = {1759-9954}, doi = {10.1039/C6PY00221H}, pages = {3067 -- 3070}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Polysarcosine (Mn = 3650-20 000 g mol-1, Đ ∼ 1.1) was synthesized from the air and moisture stable N-phenoxycarbonyl-N-methylglycine. Polymerization was achieved by in situ transformation of the urethane precursor into the corresponding N-methylglycine-N-carboxyanhydride, when in the presence of a non-nucleophilic tertiary amine base and a primary amine initiator.}, language = {en} }