Novel alkoxyamines for the successful controlled polymerization of styrene and methacrylates

Alexandre Simula; Miren Aguirre; Nicholas Ballard; Antonio Veloso; José R. Leiza; Steven van Es; José M. Asua

doi:10.1039/C6PY02190E

Novel alkoxyamines for the successful controlled polymerization of styrene and methacrylates

Alexandre Simula,^a Miren Aguirre,^a Nicholas Ballard,^a Antonio Veloso,^a José R. Leiza,^a Steven van Es^a^b and José M. Asua*^a

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^a POLYMAT and Kimika Aplikatua Saila, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa, Tolosa Hiribidea 72, Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
E-mail: jm.asua@ehu.es

^b Dispoltec BV, PO Box 331, 6160 AH Geleen, The Netherlands

Abstract

The design of alkoxyamine/nitroxide species capable of mediating the polymerization of both styrene and methacrylic monomers has been notoriously difficult. Herein, the nitroxide-mediated polymerization of styrene using a series of readily obtained alkoxyamines that were recently shown to control the polymerization of methyl methacrylate is presented. The robustness of the system is tested towards different temperatures and molecular weights. The influence of the substitution pattern in the nitroxide adducts on the polymerization of styrene is monitored through kinetic analyses. An alkoxyamine that can successfully mediate the homopolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate is presented. This alkoxyamine is subsequently utilized for the synthesis of PMMA-b-PS and PS-b-PBMA copolymers.

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The article was received on 19 Dec 2016, accepted on 10 Feb 2017 and first published on 10 Feb 2017

Article type: Paper

DOI: 10.1039/C6PY02190E

Citation: Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 1728-1736

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Novel alkoxyamines for the successful controlled polymerization of styrene and methacrylates

A. Simula, M. Aguirre, N. Ballard, A. Veloso, J. R. Leiza, S. van Es and J. M. Asua, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 1728
DOI: 10.1039/C6PY02190E
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Novel alkoxyamines for the successful controlled polymerization of styrene and methacrylates

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