Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Pierce N. Kurek and Dominik Konkolewicz
Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 1557-1561
DOI:
10.1039/C7PY01398A,
Communication
A photolabile ortho-nitrobenzyl primary amine protecting group is incorporated into a methacrylic monomer (ONBAMA). RAFT gives well-defined polymers of ONBAMA of various sizes. The protecting group is sensitive to UV radiation, but stable against visible light, acid and base. This provides a facile pathway to creating well-defined primary amine polymers by RAFT.
