Microwave-assisted polymerizations: the living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines
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Hoogenboom, Richard; Wiesbrock, Frank; Schubert, Ulrich S.
- Abstract:
- Microwave heating has emerged to become a common
tool in pharmaceutical and organic synthesis. In recent
years, the interest for microwave heating has been
expanded to other fields in chemistry, including
polymer chemistry. Here, we will provide an overview
of microwave heating in polymer science. The
principles and advantages of microwave heating will
be discussed and illustrated on the basis of the living
cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines.
More specifically, the acceleration of this
polymerization mechanism will be described as well as
investigations on the (non-)existence of non-thermal
microwave effects. The last part of this contribution will
demonstrate some applications of the microwaveassisted
polymerization procedure for 2-oxazolines.
- Year:
- 2006
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Journal:
- chimica oggi - Chemistry Today
- Volume:
- 24
- Number:
- 3
- Pages:
- 46 - 49