The LEGO Toolbox: Supramolecular Building Blocks by Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization

Lohmeijer, Bas G. G.; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Abstract:

A terpyridine-functionalized alkoxyamine unimolecular initiator was used for the nitroxide-mediated controlled living radical polymerization of n-butylacrylate, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, 4-vinylpyridine, 2-vinylpyridine, and isoprene. For the former three monomers, the kinetics were studied. All polymerizations resulted in welldefined polymers having a single terpyridine ligand at the chain end and narrow polydispersity indices. The obtained polymers are valuable building blocks for metallosupramolecular polymers.

Year:

2005

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

end-group functionality; initiators; kinetics; nitroxide-mediated controlled radical polymerization; terpyridine

Journal:

Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volume:

43

Pages:

6331 - 6344