financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21174122);Special Funds for Major Basic Research Projects(No.G2011CB606001);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.Y4110115)
It is reported that alkali-metal borohydrides (MBH4, M = Li, Na and K) are efficient catalysts for ring opening polymerization (ROP) of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs). Polypeptides are prepared in quan...