The thiol-Michael addition reaction of vinyl sulfones and acrylates with thiol was performed demonstrating that vinyl sulfone could be selectively reacted with little acrylate consumption. Mechanistic studies of the highly efficient nucleophile-catalyzed reaction revealed an approach to maximize the reactivity with minimal side reactions. These outcomes were implemented in two-stage reactive polymer systems.Figure. Schematic illustrations of thiol/vinyl sulfone/acrylate two-stage reactive polymer systems

Reactivity and selectivity of vinyl sulfones towards the thiol-Michael addition reaction and their implementation to two-stage reactive polymer systems

245th National Meeting (2013)

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