Olsén P, Undin J, Odelius K, Albertsson AC. Establishing α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone as a platform for synthesis of functional aliphatic polyesters – bridging the gap between ROP and SET-LRP.
Polym Chem 2014. [DOI:
10.1039/c4py00148f]
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Abstract
Utilizing α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone (αBrγBL) as a comonomer with ε-caprolactone (εCL) or l-lactide (LLA) produces copolymers with active and available grafting sites, e.g., for SET-LRP, where the choice of the grafting monomers is limited only by one's imagination.
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