Step-growth "click" coupling of telechelic polymers prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization
Step-growth "click" coupling of telechelic polymers prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization
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DOI:
10.1021/ma050370d
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发表时间:
2005-05-03
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5.5
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Matyjaszewski, K
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作者:
Tsarevsky, NV;Sumerlin, BS;Matyjaszewski, K
Introduction. The methods of controlled/living radical polymerization (CRP) 1 developed in the past decade allow for the preparation of not only polymers with predetermined molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution but also a plethora of previously unattainable polymeric materials. Numerous examples of gradient2 and block3 copolymers have been reported as well as polymers with complex architectures, including polymer brushes, 4 stars, 5 and hyperbranched6 polymers. The most widely used CRP methods are atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), 7-9 reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, 10, 11 nitroxide-mediated polymerization, 12, 13 and degenerative transfer polymerization. 14 Importantly, the polymers produced by ATRP contain terminal halogen atom (s) and can be successfully derivatized in various end group transformations, chiefly nucleophilic substitutions. The use of functional initiators makes it possible to prepare either homo-or heterotelechelic polymers. 15 Thus, ATRP is an attractive technique for the synthesis of well-defined end-functionalized polymers.The nucleophilic substitution of a halogen atom from a polymer chain end by an azide anion16, 17 is very efficient and, when followed by reduction, leads to amino-terminated polymers. Organic azides can be used for a variety of chemical transformations. 18, 19 Cycloaddition reactions with alkynes, thoroughly studied by Huisgen, 20, 21 produce a mixture of substituted triazoles. When the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalytic amount of CuI complexes, it yields 1, 4-disubstituted triazoles exclusively. 22, 23 This reaction along with other 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions (such as the reaction between azides and nitriles catalyzed by Lewis acids) and other high-yield reactions are often termed “click reactions”. 24 Click-type synthetic procedures are attractive because of their near quantitative yields and low susceptibility to side reactions. As such, they are particularly important in preparative methods in which high conversion of functional groups is desirable, eg, in step-growth polymerization processes. Some click reactions have already been successfully used in polymer and materials chemistry. The efficient preparation of well-defined polymeric tetrazoles, 25 or dendrimers, 26 amphiphilic block copolymers, 27 cross-linked block copolymer vesicles, 28 and adhesives29 with triazole units has been reported. Click reactions were also used in the synthesis of functionalized poly (oxynorbornenes) 30 and block copolymers31 and are a convenient alternative to other coupling reactions applied to polymers prepared by ATRP (such as atom transfer radical coupling32 or