Synthesis of μ-ABC Tricyclic Miktoarm Star Polymer via Intramolecular Click Cyclization

Cyclic polymers exhibit unique physical and chemical properties because of the restricted chain mobility and absence of chain ends. Although many types of homopolymers and diblock copolymers possessing cyclic architectures have been synthesized to date, there are relatively few reports of cyclic triblock terpolymers because of their synthetic difficulties. In this study, a novel synthetic approach for μ-ABC tricyclic miktoarm star polymers involving t-Bu-P₄-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of glycidyl ethers and intramolecular copper-catalyzed azido-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) was developed. First, the t-Bu-P₄-catalyzed ROP of decyl glycidyl ether, dec-9-enyl glycidyl ether, and 2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy) ethyl glycidyl ether with the aid of functional initiators and terminators was employed for the preparation of a clickable linear triblock terpolymer precursor possessing three azido and three ethynyl groups at the selected positions. Next, the intramolecular CuAAC of the linear precursor successfully produced the well-defined tricyclic triblock terpolymer with narrow dispersity in a reasonable yield. The present strategy is useful for synthesizing model polymers for studying the topological effects on the triblock terpolymer self-assembly.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Polymers - 10(2018), 8 vom: 06. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shingu, Tomoki [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Tajima, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Isono, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Satoh, Toshifumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Click reaction
Cyclic polymer
Journal Article
Polyether
Ring-opening polymerization
Triblock terpolymer

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Date Revised 06.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/polym10080877

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295823011