ArticleNature chemistry2024
Proton transfer anionic polymerization with C-H bond as the dormant species.
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- Photoinduced bulk polymerization strategy in melt state for recyclable polydiene derivatives.Nature chemistry · 2025Article
- Soft materials nanoarchitectonics: liquid crystals, polymers, gels, biomaterials, and others.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2025Review
- Proton Transfer Anionic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Ligands for Dual Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity.Precision chemistry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Living anionic polymerization-the most common living polymerization and the one with the longest history-generally requires stringent, water-free conditions and one metal initiator per polymer chain. Here we present the proton transfer anionic polymerization of methacrylates using acidic C-H bonds as the dormant species that are activated by base catalysts. The polymerization mechanism involves reversible chain transfer or termination of the growing enolate species. A weakly acidic compound, such as an alkyl isobutyrate, serves as the initiator or chain-transfer agent in the presence of a bulky potassium base catalyst to produce a polymer chain and, thereby, diminishes the metal compound per chain ratio. An added alcohol serves as a reversible terminator to tame the propagation. End-functionalized, star, block and graft polymers are easily accessible from compounds with C-H bonds.
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