Stereospecific living radical polymerization: dual control of chain length and tacticity for precision polymer synthesis

Synthesis and post-polymerization reaction of end-clickable stereoregular polymethacrylates via termination of stereospecific living anionic polymerization

Poly(methyl methacrylate)s with high stereoregularity and clickable end-groups were synthesized via terminating reactions with α-(halomethyl)acrylates in stereospecific living anionic polymerization.

Controlling monomer-sequence using supramolecular templates

This review discusses the template-directed preparation of sequence-defined polymers.

Efficiency assessment of single unit monomer insertion reactions for monomer sequence control: kinetic simulations and experimental observations

On-line microreactor/ESI-MS experiments and kinetic simulations on single unit monomer insertions are combined to assess the efficiency of the SUMI process.

Mechanically Linked Block/Graft Copolymers: Effective Synthesis via Functional Macromolecular [2]Rotaxanes

An effective method to synthesize mechanically linked transformable block polymer was developed utilizing functional macromolecular [2]rotaxane with a "fixed" or "movable" wheel. The interaction between a sec-ammonium and a dibenzo-24-crown-8-ether was the key to control the mobility of the wheel component, indicating the capability of the transformation from linear block copolymer to block/graft copolymer in which the grafting polymer chain is movable along the axle polymer chain.

The effect of LiNTf2 on the propagation rate coefficient of methyl methacrylate

LiNTf₂ catalyses the propagation step of methyl methacrylate radical polymerization but this catalysis hinders stereocontrol.

Hydrogen-bond-assisted isotactic-specific radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone with tartrate additives in toluene at low temperatures: high-resolution 1H NMR analysis

Isotactic-rich poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) was successfully prepared by radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone assisted by diethyl l-tartrate (l-EtTar) at low temperatures.

Reversible deactivation radical polymerization in the presence of zero-valent metals: from components to precise polymerization

We highlight recent work from the advent of zero-valent metal-mediated RDRP looking at advances in its components and the synthesis of well-defined polymers.

Direct Mechanistic Transformations from Isotactic or Syndiotactic Living Anionic Polymerizations of Methyl Methacrylate into Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerizations

The mechanistic transformations from living anionic polymerizations into living radical polymerizations were examined after halogenating the growing terminal during the stereospecific living anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA), directly forming a macroinitiator with a covalent carbon-halogen terminal for subsequent transition metal-catalyzed living radical polymerizations. The quantitative halogenation of the living isotactic or syndiotactic PMMA anion, prepared using tBuMgBr in toluene or diphenylhexyllithium (DPHLi) in THF, respectively, was achieved using CCl₃Br or CCl₄ as a halogen source in the presence of strong Lewis bases, such as 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, to generate stereoregular PMMA with a C-X (X = Br or Cl) bond. The halogenated terminal was then transformed into the radical species through a one-electron redox reaction of the ruthenium catalysts to allow the living radical polymerization of styrene or MMA, resulting in block copolymers that consisted of stereoregular PMMA and polystyrene segments or stereoblock PMMAs.