Ambient temperature copper‐mediated living radical polymerization of acrylonitrile with Me₆TREN as the reducing agent

Abstract

A universal high reactive ligand, Me6TREN, was successfully explored as the reducing agent for the ambient temperature copper-mediated LRP of AN. The key to success is ascribed to the optimized Me6TREN amount and reaction conditions employed, producing ideal living free radical polymerization characteristics. The very high chain-end functionality of the resultant polymer has been confirmed by GPC and 1H NMR analyses as well as the chain-extension reaction. Additional Supporting Information may be found in the online version of this article. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.