Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)

Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions have been used as a facile and quantitative method for modifying end-groups on an N-isopro-pylacrylamide (NIPAm) homopolymer. A well-defined precursor of polyNIPAm (PNIPAm) was prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain trans...

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Main Authors: Yu, B., Chan, J., Hoyle, C., Lowe, Andrew
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5408
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Chan, J.
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Lowe, Andrew
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description Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions have been used as a facile and quantitative method for modifying end-groups on an N-isopro-pylacrylamide (NIPAm) homopolymer. A well-defined precursor of polyNIPAm (PNIPAm) was prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization in DMF at 70 °C using the 1-cyano-1-methylethyl dithiobenzoate/2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) chain transfer agent/initiator combination yielding a homopolymer with an absolute molecular weight of 5880 and polydispersity index of 1.18. The dithiobenzoate end-groups were modified in a one-pot process via primary amine cleavage followed by phosphine-mediated nucleophilic thiol-ene click reactions with either allyl methacrylate or propargyl acrylate yielding ene and yne terminal PNIPAm homopolymers quantitatively. The ene and yne groups were then modified, quantitatively as determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy, via radical thiol-ene and radical thiol-yne reactions with three representative commercially available thiols yielding the mono and bis end functional NIPAm homopolymers. This is the first time such sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions have been used in polymer synthesis/end-group modification. The lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) were then determined for all PNIPAm homopolymers using a combination of optical measurements and dynamic light scattering". It is shown that the LCST varies depending" on the chemical nature of the end-groups with measured values lying in the range 26-35 °C. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals. Inc.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-54082017-09-13T14:41:03Z Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide) Yu, B. Chan, J. Hoyle, C. Lowe, Andrew Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions have been used as a facile and quantitative method for modifying end-groups on an N-isopro-pylacrylamide (NIPAm) homopolymer. A well-defined precursor of polyNIPAm (PNIPAm) was prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization in DMF at 70 °C using the 1-cyano-1-methylethyl dithiobenzoate/2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) chain transfer agent/initiator combination yielding a homopolymer with an absolute molecular weight of 5880 and polydispersity index of 1.18. The dithiobenzoate end-groups were modified in a one-pot process via primary amine cleavage followed by phosphine-mediated nucleophilic thiol-ene click reactions with either allyl methacrylate or propargyl acrylate yielding ene and yne terminal PNIPAm homopolymers quantitatively. The ene and yne groups were then modified, quantitatively as determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy, via radical thiol-ene and radical thiol-yne reactions with three representative commercially available thiols yielding the mono and bis end functional NIPAm homopolymers. This is the first time such sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions have been used in polymer synthesis/end-group modification. The lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) were then determined for all PNIPAm homopolymers using a combination of optical measurements and dynamic light scattering". It is shown that the LCST varies depending" on the chemical nature of the end-groups with measured values lying in the range 26-35 °C. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals. Inc. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5408 10.1002/pola.23436 John Wiley & Sons unknown
spellingShingle Yu, B.
Chan, J.
Hoyle, C.
Lowe, Andrew
Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title_full Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title_fullStr Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title_full_unstemmed Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title_short Sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylarnide)
title_sort sequential thiol-ene/thiol-ene and thol-ene/thiol-yne reactions as a route to well-defined mono and bis end-functionalized poly(n-isopropylacrylarnide)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5408