On the synthesis of sequence-controlled poly(vinyl benzyl amine-co-N-substituted maleimides) copolymers

Sequence-definition from controlled polymerization: the next generation of materials

“…Automated protocols and biomolecules like sugars were also implemented to prove the broad applicability of this technique. [52][53][54] Furthermore, this method allows for the synthesis of a SC polymer with folding sites finding possible application in the field of biomimetics. The underlying principle can also be extended to other reversible-deactivation radical polymerization mechanisms like nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMP).…”

Sequence-controlled polymers via reversible-deactivation radical polymerization

“…This means that the minor monomer selectively propagates over the primarily existing monomer even though there is a big difference in the injected amounts of the comonomers. Lutz and co-workers [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] noticed the crossover propagation feature of the alternating copolymerization for achieving local functionalization of a polymer chain using RDRP (Figure 6a). In this approach, styrene or the derivative is polymerized with RDRP (ATRP or NMP), and a slight excess of an MI derivative is added to the growing chains during the RDRP for pinpoint insertion.…”

Synthesis and solid‐state properties of crosslinked alternating copolymers of phenyl vinylethylene carbonate and N‐substituted maleimides

“…Furthermore, the maleimide moiety is fairly useful to obtain the dendrimer and networked polymer, which reacts readily with bifunctional and multifunctional materials having the furan and thiol moieties . The combination of NMI as the electron acceptor and styrene as the electron donor are also known to successfully achieve comonomer‐selective alternating copolymerization . Recently, we demonstrated that the radical polymerization of vinylethylene carbonate (VEC) derivatives and NMI proceeded through the selective vinyl and alternating fashion in the high yield and molecular weight .…”