Seleno‐containing poly(vinyl acetate) prepared by diselenocarbonates‐mediated controlled free radical polymerizations |
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| Authors: | Fei Ma Jian Zhu Zhengbiao Zhang Xiangqiang Pan Nianchen Zhou Xiulin Zhu |
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| Institution: | Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, , Suzhou, 215123 People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | The living free radical polymerizations of vinyl acetate (VAc) were successfully achieved in the presence of a novel organic selenium compound (diselenocarbonates), with 2,2′‐azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as the initiator. The living characteristics of the VAc polymerization were confirmed by the linear first‐order kinetic plots and linear increase of molecular weights (Mn) of the polymers with monomer conversions, while keeping the relatively low molecular weight distributions. In addition, the end of the polymers contains selenium element which may be useful in biotechnological and biomedical applications. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 3159–3165 |
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| Keywords: | diselenocarbonates living radical polymerization vinyl acetate (VAc) radical polymerization reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) |
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