Carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide as resources for functional polymers

This review describes polymer synthesis utilizing carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide as useful C1 resources. Chain and step copolymerizations are recounted with polymerizations of cyclic carbonates, especially five-membered ones, as monomers derived or potentially obtainable from carbon dioxide. Homopolymerization, copolymerizations, and application as a precursor for reversible chain transfer agents for RAFT polymerization are described for carbon disulfide based polymer synthesis. As polymerizations of monomers from carbon disulfide, ring-opening polymerizations of dithiocarbonates and thiourethanes are described. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.