Abstract
Aliphatic polycarbonate (PC) copolymer is synthesized by ring opening copolymerization of acrylate- and allyl-functional cyclic carbonate monomers. The post-polymerization functionalization of the resulting copolymer is performed quantitatively using a variety of thiol compounds via sequential Michael addition and photo-induced radical thiol-ene click reactions within relatively short reaction time at ambient temperature. This metal-free click chemistry methodology affords the synthesis of biocompatible PC copolymer with multifunctional groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1581-1587 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- 2-mercaptoethanol
- Michael addition
- NMR
- aliphatic polycarbonate (PC)
- click reaction
- cysteine
- gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
- multifunctionalization
- photo-induced radical thiol-ene
- ring opening polymerization (ROP)
- thiol-ene