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Design of Heterocomplementary H-Bonding RAFT Agents – Towards the Generation of Supramolecular Star Polymers

✍ Scribed by Julien Bernard; Frédéric Lortie; Bernard Fenet


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
298 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

Supramolecular poly(vinyl acetate) PVAc 3‐arms stars were successfully generated by Reversible Addition–Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT)‐polymerized chains bearing hydrogen‐bonding heterocomplementary associating units. Chain Transfer Agents (CTA) bearing thymine‐ and diaminopyridine‐based units were first synthesized and proved to mediate efficiently the polymerization of VAc. The binding ability of the chains in solution was then demonstrated by ^1^H NMR and GPC measurements, proving the formation of the supramolecular stars.

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