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Inside Cover: BAB‐ random ‐C Monomer Sequence via Radical Terpolymerization of Limonene (A), Maleimide (B), and Methacrylate (C): Terpene Polymers with Randomly Distributed Periodic Sequences (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 7/2017)
Author(s) -
Ojika Masataka,
Satoh Kotaro,
Kamigaito Masami
Publication year - 2017
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.201700068
Subject(s) - maleimide , methacrylate , copolymer , monomer , polymer chemistry , methyl methacrylate , polymerization , limonene , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , chromatography , essential oil
One of the most naturally abundant terpenes, limonene (A), can be radically copolymerized with maleimide (B) and methacrylate (C) in a fluorinated alcohol to result in a terpolymer with unprecedented BAB‐ random ‐C sequences. In their Communication on page 1789 ff., K. Satoh, M. Kamigaito, and M. Ojika show that the sequence is a consequence of selective BAB polymerization between limonene and maleimide, almost exclusive homopolymerization of methacrylate during copolymerization of limonene and methacrylate, and random copolymerization between methacrylate and maleimide.