Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer step-growth polymerization with commercially available inexpensive bis-maleimides
Parker T. Boeck, Noel E. Archer, Joji Tanaka, Wei You
Abstract
Commercially available N -aromatic substituted bismaleimides were used in RAFT step-growth polymerization with a bifunctional RAFT agent, affording polymers having moderate to high molecular weights.
Topics & Concepts
Chain transferRaftBifunctionalReversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationPolymerizationFragmentation (computing)Polymer chemistryChemistryPolymerLiving polymerizationRadical polymerizationOrganic chemistryComputer scienceCatalysisOperating systemAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers