Samarium enolate on crosslinked polystyrene beads: anionic initiator for well defined synthesis of polymethacrylate on a solid support

Abstract

A resin-supported samarium enolate successfully initiated the living anionic polymerization of methacrylates to afford the corresponding homopolymer as well as block copolymer with well-controlled molecular weights, which could be quantitatively isolated from the resin, so demonstrating the applicability of the present technique for solid supported construction of macromolecular architectures.