Advanced supramolecular initiator for nitroxide-mediated polymerizations containing both metal-ion coordination and hydrogen-bonding sites

Mansfeld, Ulrich; Hager, Martin D.; Hoogenboom, Richard; Ott, Christina; Winter, Andreas; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Abstract:

The synthesis of a new difunctional nitroxide initiator combining two orthogonal supramolecular entities is reported; controlled radical polymerization of styrene using this initiator is demonstrated to generate well-defined heterotelechelic polymers in a one-step procedure.

Year:

2009

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

Chemical Communications

Volume:

2009

Pages:

3386 - 3388