Mikto-Arm Star Copolymers with Hyperbranched Core Structure: Synthesis by Combination of Living Radical and Condensation Polymerization

✍ Scribed by Koji Ishizu; Yuya Furuta; Nobuyuki Okamoto; Satoshi Uchida; Masaaki Ozawa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 214 KB
• Volume: 211
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1352
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201000089

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Living free‐radical copolymerization of the inimer 4‐vinylbenzyl __N,N‐__diethyldithiocarbamate with maleic anhydride in the presence of methyl methacrylate produces highly branched poly(methyl methacrylate) star polymers. Subsequently, mikto‐arm stars can be synthesized by condensation of poly(ethylene glycol methyl ether) monosodium alkoxide with functional maleic anhydride sites in the hyperbranched core. The solution properties of these mikto‐arm star copolymers are discussed.
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