POLYMonday, August 20, 2007

8:20 AM-11:45 AM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Douglas, Oral
Polymers from Renewable Resources
Organizer:Geoffrey W. Coates
Official:Marc A. Hillmyer
8:20 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:25 AMMother Nature as a source of new materials: Everything old is new again
J. A. Moore
8:50 AMSynthesis and characterization of isosorbide carbonate-lactide copolymers
Ola Betiku, Madeline Jenni, Karl Ludescher, Eric Meierdierks, James Lunt, Joseph D Schroeder
9:15 AMSynthesis and properties of repeating sequence copolymers of PLGA
Ryan M. Stayshich, Jian Li, Tara Y. Meyer
9:40 AMWater-soluble poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s
Carmen Scholz, Jeff Sparks
10:05 AMIntermission
10:30 AMOrgano-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of o-carboxyanhydrides
Didier Bourissou
10:55 AMSynthesis of chain end functionalized poly(ester)s by organic catalysis as a powerful tool for block copolymer construction
Andrew P. Dove
11:20 AMPolyesters from renewable resources: Organocatalytic strategies for controlled polymerization reactions
Robert M. Waymouth, James L. Hedrick, Russell C. Pratt, F. Nederberg, Bas G. G. Lohmeijer, Darcy A. Culkin, Olivier Coulembier, Nahrain E. Kamber, Wonhee Jeong, Matthew K. Kiesewetter, Eun Ji Shin

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007