The synthesis of polymers with reactive functional groups that can participate in easy to carry out and high-yield post-polymerization modifications, and can therefore serve as precursors of numerous functional materials, is of great importance in materials science. For example, epoxides are very attractive for post-polymerization modifications owing to the ease with which they react with a wide variety of nucleophiles, oxidants, or reducing agents. Likewise, phosphonium and sulfonium salts undergo a number of reactions that are useful for the synthesis of functional polymers. This work will describe the preparation of well-defined linear, star-shaped, and branched epoxide-, phosphonium-, and sulfonium-salt-containing polymers by low-catalyst-concentration ATRP  , as well as various chemical transformations that these polymers undergo. In addition, general rules for the rational selection of reaction conditions (e.g., selection of the initiators, reducing agents, solvents, etc.) suitable for conducting the polymerization of reactive monomers under low-catalyst-concentration ATRP conditions will be outlined.

Low-catalyst-concentration atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of monomers bearing reactive functional groups and post-polymerization modifications of the produced polymers

248th National Meeting (2014)

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