Chemistry

Ring opening metathesis polymerization of triazole-bearing cyclobutenes: Diblock copolymer synthesis and evaluation of the effect of side group size on polymerization kinetics

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Article

Abstract

Cyclobutenes containing pendant groups of varying sizes were polymerized via ring opening metathesis polymerization using Grubbs catalyst 2nd generation (G2). The rate of polymerization depended on the size of the pendant groups attached to the cyclobutene rings, with longer side-chains producing slower polymerization rates and narrower molecular weight distributions. The polymerization of these new molecules proceeded with first order kinetics, consistent with a living polymerization. Chain extension experiments produced cyclobutene-based diblock copolymers with polydispersity indices below 1.33. The synthetic methods in this report will allow the use of G2 to access new complex polymeric architectures with a higher density of pendant groups than those derived from norbornene analogs and cyclooctene moieties. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 1929–1939.

Publication Title

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Publication Date

6-2017

Volume

55

Issue

11

First Page

1929

Last Page

1939

ISSN

0887-624X

DOI

10.1002/pola.28565

Keywords

block copolymers, cyclobutene, Grubbs' catalyst 2nd generation, ring opening metathesis polymerization, sterically hindered ROMP

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