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Inside Cover: Chain‐Growth Click Polymerization of AB 2 Monomers for the Formation of Hyperbranched Polymers with Low Polydispersities in a One‐Pot Process (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 26/2015)
Author(s) -
Shi Yi,
Graff Robert W.,
Cao Xiaosong,
Wang Xiaofeng,
Gao Haifeng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201504792
Subject(s) - monomer , polymerization , polymer chemistry , dispersity , chain transfer , polymer , branching (polymer chemistry) , chemistry , kinetic chain length , chain growth polymerization , materials science , end group , radical polymerization , organic chemistry
The chain‐growth polymerization of AB 2 monomers in a one‐pot process enables the synthesis of hyperbranched polymers with high molecular weight, low polydispersity, and a high degree of branching. In their Communication on page 7631 ff., H. Gao et al. show that during the copper‐catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition polymerization of the AB 2 monomers, all Cu catalysts are bound to polytriazole polymers at low conversion, which results in a chain‐growth mechanism favoring polymer–monomer reactions.
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