The development and application of a novel endo-protected maleimide polymer building block is reported. The endo conformer undergoes deprotection at temperatures approximately 50 – 60 degree Celcius below the exo derivative, enabling facile and selective polymer modification. This facilitates a simple, yet powerful approach to quantitatively and selectively introduce functional maleimide handles with exceptional molecular precision via simple temperature modulation.

Endo vs. Exo: Temperature tunnable functional building blocks for highly efficient polymer modification

255th National Meeting (2018)

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