Mechanical activation of a dithioester derivative-based retro RAFT-HDA reaction

  • Zhijian Wang
  • , Zhiyong Ma
  • , Zhenyu Zhang
  • , Feng Wu
  • , Hong Jiang
  • , Xinru Jia*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new mechanophore was synthesized from a dithioester derivative 1 and an open-chain diene 2 by the HDA reaction. It was embedded in the polymer chain by initiating the polymerization of methyl acrylate (MA). It was found that the PMA with Mn > 30 kDa could undergo a mechanically induced retro RAFT-HDA reaction rapidly at ambient temperature. The released species was evidenced chemically and spectroscopically, and the liberated dithioester derivative 1 maintained the activity to react with cyclopentadiene (Cp) or to copolymerize with styrene (St).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6893-6897
Number of pages5
JournalPolymer Chemistry
Volume5
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

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