This lecture will discuss the recent progresses and topics in metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization that we have been developing, focusing catalysts design and precision functional polymers.(A) Living Radical Polymerization: Design and development of Ru and Fe catalysts, highly active, functionality tolerant, and/or water-soluble for user-friendly and sustainable systems. Ligand design has led to a series of Ru and Fe complex catalysts that enable living radical polymerization of functionalized monomers and in water or alcohol.(B) Precision Functional Polymers: Precision synthesis of tailor-made functional polymers, particularly core-functionalized microgel star polymers and amphiphilic polymers undergoing single-chain folding to nanospace. These star polymers can include transition metal complexes to give robust and active catalysts.(C) Sequence Control: Concept and strategies for sequence control in chain-growth polymerization to construct novel carbon-chain polymers with a controlled sequence of functionalities.

Metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization: Recent progress

248th National Meeting (2014)

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