Syntheses of 3-Arm and 4-Arm Star-Branched Polystyrene Ru(II) Complexes by the Click-to-Chelate Approach
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Zhang, Chunhong; Shen, Xiande; Sakai, Ryosuke; Gottschaldt, Michael; Schubert, Ulrich S.; Hirohara, Shiho; Tanihara, Masao; Yano, Shigenobu; Obata, Makoto; Xiao, Nao; Satoh, Toshifumi; Kakuchi, Toyoji
- Abstract:
- Metal template synthesis is a useful methodology
to make sophisticated macromolecular architectures because
of the variety of metal ion coordination. To use metal template
methodology, chelating functionalities should be introduced to
macromolecules before complexation. In this article, we demonstrate
the click-to-chelate approach to install chelating functionality
to polystyrene (PS) and complexation with Ru(II) ions
to form 3-arm and 4-arm star-branched PS Ru(II) complexes.
Azide-terminated PS (PS-N3) was readily prepared by atom
transfer radical polymerization using 1-bromoethylbenzene as
an initiator followed by substitution of bromine by an azide
group. The Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of PS-N3
with 2-ethynylpyridine or 2,6-diethynylpyridine affords 2-(1H-
1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (PS-tapy) or 2,6-bis(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-
yl)pyridine (PS-bitapy) ligands bearing one or two PS chains at
the first-position of the triazole rings. Ru(II) complexes of PStapy
and PS-bitapy were prepared by conventional procedure.
The number-averaged molecular weights (Mns) of these complexes
were determined to be 6740 and 10,400, respectively, by
size exclusion chromatography using PS standards. These Mn
values indicated the formation of 3-arm and 4-arm starbranched
PS Ru(II) complexes [Ru(PS-tapy)3](PF6)2 and [Ru(PSbitapy)
2](PF6)2 on the basis of the Mn values of PS-tapy (2090)
and PS-bitapy (4970). The structures of these complexes were
also confirmed by UV–vis spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography
of the Ru(II) complexes [Ru(Bn-tapy)3](PF6)2 and [Ru(Bnbitapy)
2](PF6)2, which bear a benzyl group instead of a PS
chain.
- Year:
- 2011
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Keywords:
- atom transfer radical polymerization ATRP; click chemistry; Ru II complex; star-branched polystyrene; star polymer
- Journal:
- Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry
- Volume:
- 49
- Pages:
- 746 - 754