Diversity in cyclic carbonates: synthesis of triazole-functional monomers using click chemistry

Abstract

Triazole-functional cyclic carbonates are presented as a new class of functional monomers for ring-opening polymerisation. Starting from bromo-functional six-membered cyclic carbonates, a series of triazole-functional monomers was synthesised using click chemistry. This synthetic strategy allows for facile synthesis of a great number of structurally diverse monomers from just a few azide-functional precursors.