Issue 19, 2015

Stereoregular poly(methyl methacrylate) with double-clickable ω-end: synthesis and click reaction

Abstract

Isotactic and syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate)s with orthogonally double-clickable terminal ends, that is, α,β-unsaturated esters for Michael addition-type thiol–ene reactions and azide or alkynyl groups for azide–alkyne click reactions, were prepared via a terminating reaction of stereospecific anionic polymerization with propargyl and 2-chloroethyl α-(chloromethyl)acrylates. The subsequent polymer modification via a double click reaction proceeded quantitatively in a one-pot system under ambient conditions. The facile and almost quantitative double-end-functionalization would open a new material design based on stereoregular PMMAs with controlled molecular weights.

Graphical abstract: Stereoregular poly(methyl methacrylate) with double-clickable ω-end: synthesis and click reaction

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Mar 2015
Accepted
26 Mar 2015
First published
14 Apr 2015

Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 3601-3607

Author version available

Stereoregular poly(methyl methacrylate) with double-clickable ω-end: synthesis and click reaction

Y. Kohsaka, K. Yamamoto and T. Kitayama, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 3601 DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00357A

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