Synthesis of Discrete Oligomers by Sequential PET‐RAFT Single‐Unit Monomer Insertion

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 56; no. 29; pp. 8376 - 8383
• Main Authors: Xu, Jiangtao, Fu, Changkui, Shanmugam, Sivaprakash, Hawker, Craig J., Moad, Graeme, Boyer, Cyrille
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WEINHEIM Wiley 10.07.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Activation energy; Amino acid sequence; Chains (polymeric); Chemical synthesis; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Construction; Copolymers; Dimers; Energy consumption; Energy transfer; Fragmentation; Graft copolymers; Hexamers; Insertion; Materials selection; Oligomers; photopolymerization; Physical Sciences; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polymers; RAFT polymerization; Reagents; Science & Technology; Selectivity; sequence control; single unit monomer insertion; Trimers; sequence control; photopolymerization; ACRYLATE OLIGOMERS; POLYMERS; ITERATIVE EXPONENTIAL-GROWTH; MULTIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; STEP; RAFT polymerization; CHAIN; REGULATED VINYL COPOLYMERS; MEDIATED POLYMERIZATION; N-PHENYLMALEIMIDE; single unit monomer insertion; RADICAL POLYMERIZATIONS
• ISSN: 1433-7851; 1521-3773
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610223

Uniform synthetic polymers with precisely defined molar mass and monomer sequence (primary structure) have many potential high‐value applications. However, a robust and versatile synthetic strategy for these materials remains one of the great challenges in polymer synthesis. Herein we describe proof...