Publications

 

2012

Synthesis and Functionalization of Thiol-Reactive Biodegradable Polymers. Onbulak, S.; Tempelaar, S.; Pounder, R. J.; Gok, O.; Sanyal, R.; Dove, A. P.; Sanyal, A. Macromolecules, (2012) 45, 1715 - 1722. link 

 

2011

Stereocomplexation in novel degradable amphiphilic block copolymer micelles of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(benzyl α-malate). Pounder, R. J.; Willcock, H.; Ieong, N. S.; O'Reilly, R. K.; Dove, A. P. Soft Matter, (2011), 7, 10987 - 10993. link 

Metal-Free Functionalization of Linear Polyurethanes by Thiol-Maleimide Coupling Reactions. Billiet, L.; Gok, O; Dove, A. P.; Sanyal, A.; Nguyen, T.; Du Prez, F. E., Macromolecules, (2011), 44, 7874 – 7878. link 

Additive-Free Clicking for Polymer Functionalization and Coupling by Tetrazine–Norbornene Chemistry. Hansell, C. F; Espeel, P.; Stamenovic, M. M.; Barker, I. A.; Dove, A. P.; Du Prez, F. E.; O’Reilly, R. K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2011) 133, 13828 - 13831.  link 

Tetrazine-Norbornene Click Reactions to Functionalize Degradable Polymers Derived from Lactide, Barker, I. A.; Hall, D. J.; Hansell, C. F.; Du Prez, F. E.; O'Reilly, R. K.; Dove, A. P. Macromol. Rapid Commun. (2011), 32, 1362 - 1366. link 

Ring-Opening Polymerization of an O-Carboxyanhydride Monomer Derived from L-Malic acid Pounder, R. J.; Fox, D. J.; Barker, I. A.; Bennison, M. J.; Dove, A. P. Polym. Chem. (2011), 2, 2204 - 2212. link 

Synthesis and post-polymerization modification of maleimide-containing polymers by ‘thiol-ene’ click and Diels–Alder chemistries Hall, D. J.; Van Den Berghe, H. M.; Dove A. P. Polym. Int. (2011), 60, 1149 - 1157. link 

Organocatalytic Synthesis and Postpolymerization Functionalization of Allyl-Functional Poly(carbonate)s Tempelaar, S.; Mespouille, L.; Dubois, Ph.; Dove, A.P. Macromolecules (2011), 44, 2084 – 2091. link 
 
Poly(lactide)s as Robust Renewable Materials Becker, J. M.; Dove, A. P., in 'Green Polymerization Methods: Renewable Starting Materials, Catalysis and Waste Reduction' (Eds Mathers, R. T.; Meier, M. A. R.), (2011), 201 - 220. link 
 
Cylindrical Micelles of Controlled Length from the Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Poly(lactide)-Containing Block Copolymers Petzetakis, N. Dove, A. P; O'Reilly, R. K. Chem. Sci. (2011), 2, 955 - 960. link 
 
Organocatalytic synthesis of astaxanthin-containing poly(lactide)s Middleton H.; Tempelaar, S.; Haddleton, D. M.; Dove, A. P. Polym. Chem. (2011), 2, 595 - 600. link 
 
 
2010
 
Synthesis of Poly(lactide)s with Modified Thermal and Mechanical Properties Becker, J. M.; Pounder, R. J.; Dove, A. P. Macromol. Rapid Commun. (2010), 31, 1923 - 1937. link
 
Synthesis of Stereoregular Cyclic Poly(lactide)s via “Thiol−Ene” Click Chemistry Stanford, M. J.; Pflughaupt, R. L.; Dove, A. P. Macromolecules (2010), 43, 6538 - 6541. link
 
Synthesis and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters Derived from L-Malic Acid Pounder, R. J.; Dove, A. P. Biomacromolecules (2010), 11, 1930 - 1939. link
 
Development of Amino-Oxazoline and Amino-Thiazoline Organic Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerisation of Lactide Becker, J. M.; Tempelaar, S.; Stanford, M. J.; Pounder, R. J.; Covington, J. A.; Dove, A. P. Chem. Eur. J. (2010), 16, 6099-6105. link
 
Towards poly(ester) nanoparticles: Recent advances in the synthesis of functional poly(ester)s by ring-opening polymerization Pounder, R. J.; Dove, A. P. Polym. Chem. (2010), 1, 260-271. link
 
Stereocontrolled ring opening polymerisation of lactide Stanford, M. J.; Dove, A. P. Chem. Soc. Rev. (2010), 39, 486-494. link
 

 

2006 - 2009 

One-pot synthesis of α,ω-chain end functional, stereoregular, star-shaped poly(lactide) Stanford, M. J.; Dove, A. P. Macromolecules, (2009), 42, 141-147. link
 
Metal-free catalysis in ring-opening polymerization Dove, A.P. in 'The Handbook of Ring-Opening Polymerization' (Eds Dubois, Ph.; Coulembier, O.; Raquez, J.-M.), (2009), 357-378. link 
 
Propylene polymerization with cyclopentadienyltitanium(IV) hydroxylaminato complexes Dove, A. P.; Kiesewetter, E. T.; Ottenwaelder, X.; Waymouth, R. M. Organometallics (2009), 28, 405-412. link 
 
Controlled ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters: Polymer blocks in self-assembled nanostructures Dove, A. P. Chem. Commun. (Feature Article), (2008), 6446-6470. link
 
Metal free thiol-maleimide ‘Click’ reaction as a mild functionalisation strategy for degradable polymers Pounder, R. J.; Stanford, M. J.; Brooks, P.; Richards, S. P.; Dove, A. P. Chem. Commun., (2008), 5158-5160. link 
 
Organocatalytic Ring Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate. Nederberg, F.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Leibfarth, F.; Pratt, R. C.; Choi, J.; Dove, A. P.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Biomacromolecules, (2007), 8, 153-160. link 
 
Guanidine and amidine organo-catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters. Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Pratt, R. C.; Leibfarth, F.; Logan, J. W.; Long, D. A.; Dove, A. P.; Nederberg, F.; Choi, J.; Wade, C.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Macromolecules, (2006), 39, 8574-8583. link 
 
Exploration, Optimization, and Application of Supramolecular Thiourea-Amine Catalysts for the Synthesis of Lactide (Co)polymers. Pratt, R. C.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Long, D. A.; Lundberg, P. N. P.; Dove, A. P.; Li, H.; Wade, C. G.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Macromolecules, (2006), 39, 7863-7871. link 
 
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Organic Catalysts. Dove, A. P.; Pratt, R. C.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Li, H.; Hagberg, E. C.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. in 'N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Synthesis' (Ed Nolan, S. P.), (2006), 275-296. link 
 
Stereoselective polymerization of rac- and meso-lactide catalyzed by sterically encumbered N-heterocyclic carbenes. Dove, A. P.; Li, H.; Pratt, R. C.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Culkin, D. A.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Chem. Commun. (2006), 2881. link 
 
Alcohol Adducts of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Latent Catalysts for the Thermally-Controlled Living Polymerization of Cyclic Esters. Coulembier, O.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Dove, A. P.; Pratt, R. C.; Mespouille, L.; Culkin, D. A.; Benight, S. J.; Dubois, Ph.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Macromolecules, (2006), 39, 5617-5628. link 
 
Synthetic, Structural, Mechanistic, and Computational Studies on Single-Site β-Diketiminate Tin(II) Initiators for the Polymerization of rac-Lactide. Dove, A. P.; Gibson, V. C.; Marshall, E. L.; Rzepa, H. S.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006), 128, 9834-9843. link 
 
N-Heterocyclic carbenes: Effective organic catalysts for living polymerization. Dove, A. P.; Pratt, R. C.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Culkin, D. A.; Hagberg, E. C.; Nyce, G. W.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Polymer (2006), 47, 4018-4025. link 

 

2001 - 2005 

Thiourea-Based Bifunctional Organocatalysis: Supramolecular Recognition for Living Polymerization. Dove, A. P.; Pratt, R. C.; Lohmeijer, B. G. G.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005), 127, 13798-13799. link 

Latent, thermally activated organic catalysts for the on-demand living polymerization of lactide. Coulembier, O.; Dove, A. P.; Pratt, R. C.; Sentman, A. C.; Culkin, D. A.; Mespouille, L.; Dubois, Ph.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. (2005), 44, 4964-4968. link 

Single-component catalyst/initiators for the organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of lactide. Csihony, S.; Culkin, D. A.; Sentman, A. C.; Dove, A. P.; Waymouth, R. M.; Hedrick, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005), 127, 9079-9084. link 

Cyclopentadienyl titanium hydroxylaminato complexes as highly active catalysts for the polymerization of propylene. Dove, A. P.; Xie, X.; Waymouth, R. M. Chem. Commun. (2005), 2152. link 

Magnesium and zinc complexes of a potentially tridentate β-diketiminate ligand. Dove, A. P.; Gibson, V. C.; Marshall, E. L.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (2004), 570-578. link 

Low coordinate magnesium chemistry supported by a bulky β-diketiminate ligand. Dove, A. P.; Gibson, V. C.; Hormnirun, P.; Marshall, E. L.; Segal, J. A.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (2003), 3088-3097. link 

A well-defined magnesium enolate initiator for the living and highly syndioselective polymerisation of methyl methacrylate. Dove, A. P.; Gibson, V. C.; Marshall, E. L.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. Chem. Commun. (2002), 1208. link 

A well defined tin(II) initiator for the living polymerisation of lactide. Dove, A. P.; Gibson, V. C.; Marshall, E. L.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. Chem. Commun. (2001), 283. link