Simultaneous Chain-Growth and Step-Growth Polymerization of Methoxystyrenes by Rare-Earth Catalysts

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 55; no. 47; pp. 14812 - 14817
• Main Authors: Shi, Xiaochao, Nishiura, Masayoshi, Hou, Zhaomin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WEINHEIM Blackwell Publishing Ltd 14.11.2016; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Addition polymerization; Anisole; Catalysts; Chains (polymeric); Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Condensation polymerization; C−H activation; Earth; Ethylene; gadolinium; Insertion; Macromolecules; Molecular weight; Physical Sciences; Polydispersity; Polymerization; Rare earth elements; rare-earth metals; Reaction mechanisms; Science & Technology; Syndiotacticity; polymerization; COORDINATION POLYMERIZATION; ISOPRENE; COMPLEXES; reaction mechanisms; LIVING CATIONIC-POLYMERIZATION; rare-earth metals; P-METHOXYSTYRENE; C-H activation; ETHYLENE; RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; INITIATORS; gadolinium; STYRENE-STYRENE SEQUENCES; C−H activation

The simultaneous chain‐growth and step‐growth polymerization of a monomer is of great interest and importance because it can produce unique macromolecules which are difficult to prepare by other means. However, such a transformation is usually difficult to achieve in one polymerization system becaus...