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Reverse Atom‐Transfer Radical Polymerization at Room Temperature
Author(s) -
Wang Wenxin,
Yan Deyue,
Jiang Xuling,
Detrembleur Christophe,
Lecomte Philippe,
Jérôme Robert
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1002/1521-3927(20010301)22:6<439::aid-marc439>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - atom transfer radical polymerization , living free radical polymerization , polymerization , benzoyl peroxide , polymer chemistry , radical polymerization , methyl methacrylate , living polymerization , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , molar mass distribution , photochemistry , cobalt mediated radical polymerization , chemistry , bulk polymerization , polymer , organic chemistry
This paper aims at reporting on the “living”/controlled radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with the benzoyl peroxide (BPO)/Cu I X (X=Br,Cl)/2,2'‐bipyridine (bpy) redox system at room temperature. No control is observed for the polymerization conducted in bulk and in toluene, whereas a polymer with predetermined molecular weight and rather narrow molecular weight distribution is formed in butanone. The solvent has thus a decisive effect on the reverse atom‐transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with the BPO/Cu I X (X = Br,Cl)/bpy ternary system at 25°C.