Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019 · 34 citations · 25 references
Natural SciencesChemical EngineeringChemistryPolymer ChemistryPolymer EngineeringPolymer MaterialsLiving PolymerizationPolymer StructurePolymer SynthesisPolymerization ChemistryPolymerization ProcessesRing-opening PolymerizationCopolymerizationHigh-resolution Mass AnalysisHigh-resolution SpectrometryLiving Olefin PolymerizationLiving Ring-opening PolymerizationPhotopolymerizationPolymerization Of Vinyl MonomersRing-opening Metathesis Polymerization
We introduce the hybrid copolymerization of two disparate monomer classes (vinyl monomers and ring-strained cyclic olefins) via living photopolymerization. The living character of the polymerization technique (metal-free photo-ROMP) is demonstrated by consecutive chain-extensions. Further, we propose a mechanism for the copolymerization and analyze the copolymer structure in detail by high-resolution mass spectrometry.
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