Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 138; no. 9; pp. 3094 - 3106
• Main Authors: Xu, Jiangtao, Shanmugam, Sivaprakash, Fu, Changkui, Aguey-Zinsou, Kondo-Francois, Boyer, Cyrille
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 09.03.2016
• Subjects: acrylates; catalysts; composite polymers; energy; green light; irradiation; polymerization; red light; redox reactions; zinc

Here, we exploit the selectivity of photoactivation of thiocarbonylthio compounds to implement two distinct organic and polymer synthetic methodologies: (1) a single unit monomer insertion (SUMI) reaction and (2) selective, controlled radical polymerization via a visible-light-mediated photoinduced...