Issue 28, 2018

Synthesis of block copolymers using end-functionalized polyacetylenes as macroinitiators

Abstract

Polyacetylenes substituted with phenyl, N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-L-valine 4-anilide, and (S)-1-(acetoxy)ethyl groups with number-average molecular weights ranging from 3800 to 13 500 were synthesized by the polymerization of the corresponding acetylene monomers using [{1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene}PdBr(C6H4-o-CH2OH)] as a catalyst. L-Lactide and γ-benzyl-L-glutamate N-carboxyanhydride were polymerized using the polyacetylenes as macroinitiators to obtain the block copolymers, some of which formed chiral secondary structures. A block copolymer consisting of helically twisted polyacetylene and α-helical peptide was successfully synthesized for the first time.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of block copolymers using end-functionalized polyacetylenes as macroinitiators

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Apr 2018
Accepted
22 May 2018
First published
23 May 2018

Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 3855-3863

Synthesis of block copolymers using end-functionalized polyacetylenes as macroinitiators

M. Shiotsuki, K. Takahashi, J. Rodriguez Castanon and F. Sanda, Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3855 DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00598B

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