Highlights
Maosheng Li, Zhen Zhang, Yan Yan, Wenxiu Lv, Zhikai Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Anion-binding catalysis enables living cationic polymerization. Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 815–823. ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00142-0)
Yanchao Wang, Yinuo Zhu, Wenxiu Lv, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Tough while Recyclable Plastics Enabled by Monothiodilactone Monomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3, 1877–1885. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c11502 )
Wenxiu Lv, Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Precision Synthesis of Polypeptides via Living Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides by Tri-thiourea Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 51, 23622–23632. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10950) (Supplementary Cover)
Maosheng Li, Yue Tao, Jiadong Tang, Yanchao Wang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Synergetic Organocatalysis for Eliminating Epimerization in Ring-Opening Polymerizations Enables Synthesis of Stereoregular Isotactic Polyester. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1, 281–289. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b09739) (Hot paper)
Wenxiu Lv, Maosheng Li, Youhua Tao*. Bridged Bicyclic Lactam Enables Chemically Recyclable Nylon. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024, e202402541. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202402541)
Yinuo Zhu, Youhua Tao*. Stereoselective Ring-opening Polymerization of S-Carboxyanhydrides Using Salen Aluminum Catalysts: A Route to High-Isotactic Functionalized Polythioesters. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317305)
Maosheng Li, Hongyu Li, Xiaoyong Zhang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Mechanistic insight into anion-binding catalytic living cationic polymerization. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023.（https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202303237）
Yinuo Zhu, Maosheng Li, Yanchao Wang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Performance-Advantaged Stereoregular Recyclable Plastics Enabled by Aluminum-Catalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Dithiolactone. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023. （https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202302898）
Jianqun Wang, Yinuo Zhu, Maosheng Li, Yanchao Wang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Tug-of-War between Two Distinct Catalytic Sites Enables Fast and Selective Ring-Opening Copolymerizations. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208525. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202208525）
Jiadong Tang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Switchable Polymerization Organocatalysis: From Monomer Mixtures to Block Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202115465. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115465) (Hot paper)
Wenjing He, Shixue Wang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Iterative Synthesis of Stereo- and Sequence-Defined Polymers via Acid-Orthogonal Deprotection Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202112439. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112439) (Hot paper)
Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Jinlong Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. O-to-S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 22547. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202109767）(Hot paper)
Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Shixue Wang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. S-Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring-Opening Polymerizations Towards Well-defined Functionalized Polythioesters. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 10798. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016228) (Hot paper)
Maosheng Li, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Jinlong Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Unimolecular Anion-Binding Catalysts for Selective Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 6003. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011352)
2024
Wenxiu Lv, Maosheng Li, Youhua Tao*. Bridged Bicyclic Lactam Enables Chemically Recyclable Nylon. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024, e202402541. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202402541)
Yinuo Zhu, Youhua Tao*. Stereoselective Ring-opening Polymerization of S-Carboxyanhydrides Using Salen Aluminum Catalysts: A Route to High-Isotactic Functionalized Polythioesters. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2024. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317305)
2023
Maosheng Li, Hongyu Li, Xiaoyong Zhang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Mechanistic insight into anion-binding catalytic living cationic polymerization. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023.（https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202303237）
Yinuo Zhu, Maosheng Li, Yanchao Wang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Performance-Advantaged Stereoregular Recyclable Plastics Enabled by Aluminum-Catalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Dithiolactone. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023. （https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202302898）
Yanchao Wang, Yinuo Zhu, Wenxiu Lv, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Tough while Recyclable Plastics Enabled by Monothiodilactone Monomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3, 1877–1885. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c11502 )
2022
Wenxiu Lv, Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Precision Synthesis of Polypeptides via Living Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides by Tri-thiourea Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 51, 23622–23632. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10950)
Maosheng Li, Zhen Zhang, Yan Yan, Wenxiu Lv, Zhikai Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Anion-binding catalysis enables living cationic polymerization. Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 815–823. ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00142-0)
Jianqun Wang, Yinuo Zhu, Maosheng Li, Yanchao Wang, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Tug-of-War between Two Distinct Catalytic Sites Enables Fast and Selective Ring-Opening Copolymerizations. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208525. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202208525）
Jiadong Tang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Switchable Polymerization Organocatalysis: From Monomer Mixtures to Block Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202115465. . (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115465)
Wenjing He, Shixue Wang, Maosheng Li, Xianhong Wang, Youhua Tao*. Iterative Synthesis of Stereo- and Sequence-Defined Polymers via Acid-Orthogonal Deprotection Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e202112439. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112439)
Jiawei Lian, Jinlong Chen, Shifang Luan, Wei Liu, Baoning Zong, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Organocatalytic Copolymerization of Cyclic Lysine Derivative and ε-Caprolactam toward Antibacterial Nylon-6 Polymers. ACS Macro Lett. 2022, 11, 1, 46–52. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00658)
2021
Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Jinlong Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. O-to-S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 22547. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202109767)
Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Shixue Wang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. S-Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring-Opening Polymerizations Towards Well-defined Functionalized Polythioesters. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 10798. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016228)
Yue Tao, Youhua Tao*. Ugi Reaction of Amino Acids: From Facile Synthesis of Polypeptoids to Sequence‐Defined Macromolecules. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42, 2000515. (https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000515)
Jinlong Chen, Yilin Dong, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Lysine Derivative: Sustainable Access to Cationic Poly(ε-lysine) Mimics. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 5, 2226–2231. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02689)
Maosheng Li, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Jinlong Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Unimolecular Anion-Binding Catalysts for Selective Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60, 6003. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011352)
Jianqun Wang, Youhua Tao*. Synthesis of Sustainable Polyesters via Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides: Advances and Perspectives. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42, 2000535. (https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000535)
Maosheng Li, Youhua Tao*. Poly(ε-lysine) and its derivatives via ring-opening polymerization of biorenewable cyclic lysine. Polym. Chem., 2021,12, 1415-1424. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0PY01387K)
Yinuo Zhu, Youhua Tao*. Sequence-controlled and sequence-defined polypeptoids via the Ugi reaction: synthesis and sequence-driven properties. Polym. Chem., 2021,12, 4895-4902. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY00658D)
2020
Jiawei Lian, Maosheng Li, Shixue Wang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Organocatalytic Polymerization of Morpholine-2,5-diones toward Methionine-Containing Poly(ester amide)s: Preparation and Facile Functionalization. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 24, 10830–10836.
(https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02065)
2019
Yue Tao, Zhen Wang, Youhua Tao*. Polypeptoids synthesis based on Ugi reaction: Advances and perspectives. Biopolymers. 2019; 110:e23288. (https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.23288)
Shixue Wang, Wenjing He, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Synthesis of Y-Shaped OEGylated Poly(amino acid)s: The Impact of OEG Architecture. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 4, 1655–1666. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00026)
Maosheng Li, Yue Tao, Jiadong Tang, Yanchao Wang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Synergetic Organocatalysis for Eliminating Epimerization in Ring-Opening Polymerizations Enables Synthesis of Stereoregular Isotactic Polyester. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1, 281–289. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b09739)
Shixue Wang, Yue Tao, Jianqun Wang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. A versatile strategy for the synthesis of sequence-defined peptoids with side-chain and backbone diversity via amino acid building blocks. Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 1531-1538. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC03415J)
2018
Wenjing He, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Functional Polyamides: A Sustainable Access via Lysine Cyclization and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 20, 8248–8257. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01790)
Hang Zhang, Jinlong Chen, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. A Multifunctional Polypeptide via Ugi Reaction for Compact and Biocompatible Quantum Dots with Efficient Bioconjugation. Bioconjugate Chem. 2018, 29, 4, 1335–1343. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00072)
Yue Tao, Shixue Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, Zhen Wang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Synthesis and Properties of Alternating Polypeptoids and Polyampholytes as Protein-Resistant Polymers. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19, 3, 936–942. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01719)
2017
Jinlong Chen, Maosheng Li, Wenjing He, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Facile Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Poly(ε-lysine) under Mild Conditions. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 23, 9128–9134. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02331)
Hang Zhang, Jinlong Chen, Xiaojie Zhang, Chunsheng Xiao, Xuesi Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Multidentate Comb-Shaped Polypeptides Bearing Trithiocarbonate Functionality: Synthesis and Application for Water-Soluble Quantum Dots. Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 3, 924–930. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01760)
2016
Maosheng Li, Fengchao Cui, Yunqi Li, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Crystalline Regio-/Stereoregular Glycine-Bearing Polymers from ROMP: Effect of Microstructures on Materials Performances. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 24, 9415–9424. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02244)
Fan Jia, Shixue Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. Amino-functionalized poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) derived from lysine: a sustainable polymer with thermo and pH dual stimuli response. Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 7101-7107. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PY01487A)
Yuanzhang Jiang, Shixue Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang. Controlled metal-free polymerization toward well-defined thermoresponsive polypeptides by polymerization at low temperature. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 54: 2618-2624. (https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.28140)
Xiaojie Zhang, Shixue Wang, Jing Liu, Zhigang Xi, Shifang Lua, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao*, and Xianhong Wang*. Ugi Reaction of Natural Amino Acids: A General Route toward Facile Synthesis of Polypeptoids for Bioapplications. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 9, 1049–1054. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00530)
2015
Youhua Tao*, Xiaoyu Chen, Fan Jia, Shixue Wang, Chunsheng Xiao, Fengchao Cui, Yunqi Li, Zheng Bian, Xuesi Chen, Xianhong Wang*. New chemosynthetic route to linear ε-poly-lysine. Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 6385-6391. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC02479J)
Fan Jia, Xiaoyu Chen, Yan Zheng, Yusheng Qin, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. One-pot atom-efficient synthesis of bio-renewable polyesters and cyclic carbonates through tandem catalysis. Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8504-8507. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC01329A)
2014
Haiwang Lai, Xiaoyu Chen, Qi Lu, Zheng Bian, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. A new strategy to synthesize bottlebrushes with a helical polyglutamate backbone via N-carboxyanhydride polymerization and RAFT. Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 14183-14186. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC06575A)
Xiaoyu Chen, Haiwang Lai, Chunsheng Xiao, Huayu Tian, Xuesi Chen, Youhua Tao*, Xianhong Wang*. New bio-renewable polyester with rich side amino groups from L-lysine via controlled ring-opening polymerization. Polym. Chem., 2014,5, 6495-6502. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C4PY00930D)