RAFT step-growth polymerization of bis-acrylamides and their facile degradation
Parker T. Boeck, Joji Tanaka, Wei You, Brent S. Sumerlin, Adam S. Veige
Abstract
Demonstrated is the successful A 2 + B 2 RAFT step-growth polymerization of bis-acrylamides. The synthesized poly(acrylamides) can be degraded by simply adding excess ethanolamine or PBu 3 .
Topics & Concepts
RaftPolymerizationDegradation (telecommunications)Reversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationEthanolaminePolymer chemistryChemistryMaterials scienceRadical polymerizationOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePolymerTelecommunicationsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationRadioactive element chemistry and processingSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods