Summary: Grafting of terminal epoxide‐functionalized polystyrene onto poly[styrene‐co‐(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate)] or poly[(butyl acrylate)‐co‐(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate)] backbones was carried out by coupling reactions catalyzed by boron trifluoride. The functionalized backbones were prepared by free radical copolymerization of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) with styrene or butyl acrylate. For the synthesis of terminal functionalized polymer chains a side reaction of the TEMPO‐mediated free radical polymerization of methacrylates could be used successfully to convert TEMPO‐terminated polymers into terminal epoxide‐functionalized polymers by the use of glycidyl methacrylate. The number of epoxide units attached to the backbone was directly related to the TEMPO concentration during the disproportionation reaction. Taking P(S‐co‐HEMA) as well as P(BuA‐co‐HEMA) backbones in coupling reactions with different epoxy‐functionalized polystyrenes in the presence of boron trifluoride, graft polymers with up to 7 and 37 side chains per backbone were produced.Molecular weight distribution curves of a linking experiment between P(BuA‐co‐HEMA) backbones and epoxide‐functionalized polystyrene side chains.magnified imageMolecular weight distribution curves of a linking experiment between P(BuA‐co‐HEMA) backbones and epoxide‐functionalized polystyrene side chains.
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