Development of Ring-Expansion RAFT Polymerization of tert -Butyl Acrylate with a Cyclic Trithiocarbonate Derivative toward the Facile Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 29; no. 8; p. 1839
• Main Authors: Motoyanagi, Jin, Fujii, Hiroki, Minoda, Masahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.04.2024
• Subjects: Behavior; Conversion; cyclic polymer; cyclic trithiocarbonate derivative; Investigations; Molecular weight; Phase transitions; Polymerization; Polymers; RAFT polymerization; Reagents; ring-expansion RAFT polymerization; Spectrum analysis; tert-butyl acrylate; RAFT polymerization; cyclic trithiocarbonate derivative; cyclic polymer; ring-expansion RAFT polymerization; tert-butyl acrylate

Polymers with cyclic topology have no terminal structure and, therefore, exhibit various unique physical and functional properties compared to those of linear analogs. In this paper, we report an innovative methodology for the synthesis of cyclic polymers via ring-expansion RAFT (RE-RAFT) polymeriza...