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Functional End Groups in Polytetrahydrofuran
Author(s) -
Caroli Giuseppe,
Loos Katja
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201300497
Subject(s) - polymer chemistry , polymer , chemistry , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry
Polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) is a very widespread polymer, which is used in numerous applications. Very frequently, its functional end groups play a key role, in that they are exploited to perform further reactions. However, only limited work is available to date on the preparation of functionalized PTHF, mostly using hazardous compounds. Here, an easy and convenient one‐pot procedure is described to prepare iodo‐, azido‐, and amino‐terminated PTHF with minimal use of hazardous chemicals. This is thought to be the first example of iodo‐ and azido‐terminated PTHF. Additionally, a novel alternative method to obtain bromo‐ and cyano‐terminated PTHF is reported.