Unimolecular Combination of an Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiator and a Lactone Monomer as a Route to New Graft Copolymers

Synthesis of poly(ϵ-caprolactone)-block-

Synthesis of poly(ϵ-caprolactone)-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate) by the combination of ring-opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization with Ti[OCH2CCl3]4 as a difunctional initiator. II. Synthesis and characterization of poly(ϵ-caprolactone)-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate) copolymers

✍ Peichun Li; Zhean Xia; Amar Zerroukhi; Jianding Chen; Yvan Chalamet; Thomas Jean 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 403 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract The kinetics and controllability of the Ti[OCH~2~CCl~3~]~4~‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of __n__‐butyl acrylate were investigated. Then, with Ti[OCH~2~CCl~3~]~4~ as the initiator, poly(ϵ‐caprolactone)‐__block__‐poly(__n__‐butyl acrylate) (PCL‐__b__‐PBA) copolym