Telechelic polymers have garnered a great deal of scientific interest due to their reactive chain-end functions. This comprehensive book compiles and details basic principles and cutting-edge research in telechelic polyesters, polyethers, and polycarbonates, ranging from synthesis to applications. It discusses general strategies towards telechelic polymers, centered on fundamental aspects of polycondensation reactions of cationic, anionic, coordination-insertion, and activated monomer mechanisms of the metal-, enzyme-, or otherwise organo-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of cyclic monomers and of post-polymerization chemical modification methods of polymer precursors.

Sophie M. Guillaume received her PhD from the University of Syracuse, New York, USA, and did her postdoctoral research at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France. She then joined the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, and moved to the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO), Bordeaux, France. She now holds a CNRS Research Director position at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR) in Rennes, France. Her research mainly focuses on the development of green pathways for the synthesis and structure-property relationships of synthetic polymers (especially polyesters, polycarbonates, polyolefins, and polyurethanes). Areas of emphasis include biobased degradable polymers and functionalized and reactive (co)polymers for advanced industrial and biomedical applications.

Basic Chemistry for the Synthesis of Telechelic Polyesters and Polycarbonates