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A Distinctive Organocatalytic Approach to Complex Macromolecular Architectures
Author(s) -
Coulembier Olivier,
Kiesewetter Matthew K.,
Mason Andrew,
Dubois Philippe,
Hedrick James L.,
Waymouth Robert M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200700522
Subject(s) - copolymer , bifunctional , polymerization , macromolecule , polymer science , block (permutation group theory) , computer science , function (biology) , content (measure theory) , chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , catalysis , combinatorics , mathematics , biochemistry , biology , evolutionary biology , mathematical analysis
Branch manager : A one‐step approach to branched copolymers is described. Primary amines are found to function as bifunctional initiators for ring‐opening polymerization in the presence of 1 to promote the polymerization of two chains, thereby enabling the facile introduction of branch points in block copolymers.