A facile route to ureidopyrimidinone‐functionalized polymers via RAFT |
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| Authors: | Adam D Celiz Oren A Scherman |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Three new ureidopyrimidinone(UPy)‐functionalized chain‐transfer agents (CTAs) have been synthesized for use in reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. These UPy‐CTAs are able to polymerize a wide variety of vinyl monomers to yield UPy‐functionalized polymers, including homopolymers, block copolymers, and amphiphilic block copolymers. These polymers have been characterized via 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), UV/visible spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to demonstrate end‐group fidelity. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | amphiphilic block copolymer reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) self assembly supramolecular ureidopyrimidinone |
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