RAFT polymerization of activated 4‐vinylbenzoates |
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Authors: | Katja Nilles Patrick Theato |
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Institution: | Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10‐14, D‐55099 Mainz, Germany |
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Abstract: | The reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of five active ester monomers based on 4‐vinylbenzoic acid had been investigated. Pentafluorophenyl 4‐vinylbenzoate could be polymerized under RAFT conditions yielding polymers with very good control over molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distributions. Following the synthesis of diblock copolymers consisting of polystyrene, polypentafluorostyrene, poly(4‐octylstyrene), or poly(4‐acetoxystyrene) as an inert block and poly(pentafluorophenyl 4‐vinylbenzoate) as a reactive block was successfully performed. The diblock copolymer poly(pentafluoro styrene)‐block‐poly(pentafluorophenyl 4‐vinylbenzoate) had been analyzed by 19F NMR spectroscopy in solution, demonstrating the synthetic potential of pentafluorophenyl 4‐vinylbenzoate as an extremely valuable monomer for the synthesis of highly functionalized polymeric architectures. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 1696–1705, 2009 |
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Keywords: | block copolymers fluoropolymers functionalization of polymers living radical polymerization reactive polymers reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer |
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