Issue 24, 2019

Aziridines and azetidines: building blocks for polyamines by anionic and cationic ring-opening polymerization

Abstract

Despite the difficulties associated with controlling the polymerization of ring-strained nitrogen containing monomers, the resulting polymers have many important applications, such as antibacterial and antimicrobial coatings, CO2 adsorption, chelation and materials templating, and non-viral gene transfection. This review highlights the recent advances on the polymerizations of aziridine and azetidine. It provides an overview of the different routes to produce polyamines, from aziridine and azetidine, with various structures (i.e. branched vs. linear) and degrees of control. We summarize monomer preparation for cationic, anionic and other polymerization mechanisms. This comprehensive review on the polymerization of aziridine and azetidine monomers will provide a basis for the development of future macromolecular architectures using these relatively exotic monomers.

Graphical abstract: Aziridines and azetidines: building blocks for polyamines by anionic and cationic ring-opening polymerization

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
19 Feb 2019
Accepted
03 May 2019
First published
13 May 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Polym. Chem., 2019,10, 3257-3283

Aziridines and azetidines: building blocks for polyamines by anionic and cationic ring-opening polymerization

T. Gleede, L. Reisman, E. Rieger, P. C. Mbarushimana, P. A. Rupar and F. R. Wurm, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 3257 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00278B

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