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Functionalization of polymers prepared by ATRP using radical addition reactions
Author(s) -
Coessens Veerle,
Pyun Jeffrey,
Miller Peter J.,
Gaynor Scott G.,
Matyjaszewski Krzysztof
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3927(20000201)21:2<103::aid-marc103>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - surface modification , polymer , atom transfer radical polymerization , polymer chemistry , chemical modification , materials science , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer
Low molecular weight linear poly(methyl acrylate), star and hyperbranched polymers were synthesized using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and end‐functionalized using radical addition reactions. By adding allyltri‐ n‐ butylstannane at the end of the polymerization of poly(methyl acrylate), the polymer was terminated by allyl groups. When at high conversions of the acrylate monomer, allyl alcohol or 1,2‐epoxy‐5‐hexene, monomers which are not polymerizable by ATRP, were added, alcohol and epoxy functionalities respectively were incorporated at the polymer chain end. Functionalization by radical addition reactions was demonstrated to be applicable to multi‐functional polymers such as hyperbranched and star polymers.