RAFT Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide in the Absence and Presence of Y(OTf)3: Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity
RAFT Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide in the Absence and Presence of Y(OTf)3: Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity
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10.1021/ma035119h
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发表时间:
2004-02
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5.5
通讯作者:
B. Ray;Y. Isobe;Kozo Matsumoto;S. Habaue;Y. Okamoto;M. Kamigaito;M. Sawamoto
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B. Ray;Y. Isobe;Kozo Matsumoto;S. Habaue;Y. Okamoto;M. Kamigaito;M. Sawamoto
The reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) was carried out successfully in the absence and presence of Lewis acid Y(OTf)3 to synthesize controlled molecular weight atactic and isotactic poly(NIPAM)s using both 1-phenylethyl phenyldithioacetate (PEPD) and cumyl phenyldithioacetate (CPDT) as the RAFT agents. The polymerization rate is about 16 times faster in the presence of the Lewis acid than that in the absence and 1.4 times faster with PEPD than with CPDT as the RAFT agent. The polymer with a higher polydispersity was obtained when prepared in the presence of the Lewis acid than that in the absence. A longer induction period was observed using CPDT than PEPD. The chain-end structure of isotactic poly(NIPAM) was determined by 1H NMR and MALDI−TOF mass spectrometry. The RAFT agent derived isotactic poly(NIPAM) was the main product as expected from the well-accepted mechanism of RAFT polymerization. Moreover, a series of stereoblock [atactic(...