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Convergent synthesis of 3-arm star polymers from RAFT-prepared poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) via a thiol–ene click reaction

Justin W. Chan, Bing Yu, Charles E. Hoyle, Andrew B. Lowe

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 246 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

A novel convergent route to 3-arm star polymers is described that takes advantage of RAFT-synthesized homopolymers serving as masked macromolecular terminal thiol-containing materials capable of undergoing thiol-ene click reactions.

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Living Radical Polymerization by the RAFT Process

Graeme Moad, Ezio Rizzardo, San H. Thang · Australian Journal of Chemistry · 2005 · 2.2K citations

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‘Click’ Chemistry in Polymer and Materials Science

Wolfgang H. Binder, Robert Sachsenhofer · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · 2007 · 1.5K citations

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Thiol–enes: Chemistry of the past with promise for the future

Charles E. Hoyle, Tai Yeon Lee, Todd M. Roper · Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry · 2004 · 1.4K citations

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Robust, Efficient, and Orthogonal Synthesis of Dendrimers via Thiol-ene “Click” Chemistry

Kato L. Killops, Luis M. Campos, Craig J. Hawker · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2008 · 781 citations

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Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization and the synthesis of water-soluble (co)polymers under homogeneous conditions in organic and aqueous media

Andrew B. Lowe, Charles L. McCormick · Progress in Polymer Science · 2007 · 698 citations

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