A Versatile Method for Adjusting Thermoresponsivity: Synthesis and ‘Click’ Reaction of an Azido End-Functionalized Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
✍ Scribed by Atsushi Narumi; Keita Fuchise; Ryohei Kakuchi; Atsushi Toda; Toshifumi Satoh; Seigou Kawaguchi; Kenji Sugiyama; Akira Hirao; Toyoji Kakuchi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The 2‐chloropropionamide derivative featuring an azido group is used as the initiator for the ATRP of __N‐__isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) with copper(I) chloride (CuCl) and tris[2‐(dimethylamino)ethyl]amine (Me~6~TREN) to produce the PNIPAM end‐functionalized with an azido group. Subsequently, the ‘click’ reaction between the azido end‐group and acetylene derivatives is demonstrated to produce PNIPAM in which the end‐groups are modified by the phenyl, 4‐phenoxyphenyl, butyl, octyl, carboxylic acid, and hydroxymethyl groups. The resulting PNIPAM derivatives show a LCST that ranges from 34.8 to 44.6 °C depending on the introduced end‐group.
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