Thanh Tu Bui PhD defense

Abstract
The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters is the method of choice for the controlled synthesis of biodegradable polyesters, and, from racemic monomers such as rac-lactones, allows the polymer tacticity and its physical properties to be controlled. Achieving high isoselectivity from racemic β-lactones nonetheless remains a major challenge, met by only a limited number of discrete metal catalysts. This thesis addresses it through an original ligand-design strategy: replacing the imine function of the classical salen ligand with a more robust N,N,N’-trisubstituted amidine, able to adopt variable coordination modes depending on the metal. This bis(phenoxy-amidine) FAlen ligand is studied for the coordination with rare-earth metals and for the use of the resulting complexes in catalysis. \[...\]
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Jury
Rhett Kempe, Professor, University of Bayreuth / Reviewer
Tatiana Besset, Director of Research CNRS, INSA Rouen Normandie / Reviewer
Pierre Le Gendre, Professor, University of Bourgogne / Examiner
Evgueni Kirillov, Associate Professor, University of Rennes, ISCR / PhD Director
Jean-François Carpentier, Professor, University of Rennes, ISCR / PhD Co-Director

Contacts
[Thanh Tu Bui](https://iscr.univ-rennes.fr/thanh-tu-bui), [thanh-tu.bui@univ-rennes.fr](mailto:thanh-tu.bui@univ-rennes.fr)
[Evgueni Kirillov](https://iscr.univ-rennes.fr/evgueni-kirillov), [evgueni.kirillov@univ-rennes.fr](mailto:evgueni.kirillov@univ-rennes.fr)
[Jean-François Carpentier](https://iscr.univ-rennes.fr/jean-francois-carpentier), [jean-francois.carpentier@univ-rennes.fr](mailto:jean-francois.carpentier@univ-rennes.fr)