A New Route for the Modification of Halogen End Groups to Amino End-Functionalized Poly(tert-butyl acrylate)s
✍ Scribed by Sophie Monge; Olivia Giani; Elodie Ruiz; Manon Cavalier; Jean-Jacques Robin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The synthesis of primary amine end‐functional poly(tert‐butyl acrylate)s has been achieved by using the Gabriel reaction. Polymerization of tert‐butyl acrylate was first achieved by atom transfer radical polymerization using ethyl‐2‐bromoisobutyrate or paramethoxyphenyl‐2‐bromoisobutyrate as initiator. Both resulting polymers, with a bromide‐end atom, were converted into phthalimido intermediates which then were successfully hydrolyzed using potassium hydroxide in tert‐butyl alcohol to result in poly(tert‐butyl acrylate)s terminated by a primary amine function. End group interconversions were followed by ^1^H NMR, FT‐IR, and MALDI‐TOF MS measurements. All the results proved that quantitative transformations were achieved at each step. Moreover, the method developed is very easy to carry out.
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