Revisiting Thiol-yne Chemistry: Selective and Efficient Monoaddition for Block and Graft Copolymer Formation

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Contributors

  • Johannes K. Sprafke - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Jason M. Spruell - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Kaila M. Mattson - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Damien Montarnal - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Alaina J. McGrath - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Robert Poetzsch - , University of California at Irvine, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Daigo Miyajima - , University of California at Irvine, The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Jerry Hu - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Allegra A. Latimer - , University of California at Irvine (Author)
  • Brigitte I. Voit - , Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Takuzo Aida - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Craig J. Hawker - , University of California at Irvine (Author)

Abstract

The untapped potential of radical thiol-yne mono-addition chemistry is exploited to overcome the known limitations of thiol-ene chemistry in polymer coupling and block copolymer formation. By careful choice of alkyne, the reaction can selectively lead to the mono-addition product with efficiencies surpassing those achieved by traditional thiol-ene chemistry. This improvement is illustrated by the nearly quantitative synthesis of a variety of diblock and graft copolymers. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 319-326

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-326
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume53
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2015
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84915804264
ORCID /0000-0002-4531-691X/work/148607947

Keywords

Keywords

  • Block copolymers, Click chemistry, Functionalization of polymers, Synthesis, Thiol-yne

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