Self-condensing reversible complexation-mediated copolymerization for highly branched polymers with in situ formed inimers

Abstract

In this work, reversible complexation-mediated polymerization (RCMP) was modified to suit self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) aimed at the synthesis of highly branched polymers.

Synthetic Methodologies for Chelating Polymer Ligands: Recent Advances and Future Development

“…Reversible complexation‐mediated polymerization was modified in accordance with SCVP, aimed at the synthesis of hyperbranched polymers . For this purpose, two azo‐containing pre‐inimers with divinyl or monovinyl substituent groups were copolymerized with MMA.…”

Branched polymers through redox emulsion polymerization using peroxide monomer as the branching agent

“…Unfortunately, when divinyl monomer was used as the branching agent, the obtained polymers showed low molecular weights and broad molecular weight distribution because of primary chain residue 7,8 . Recently, Yang prepared branched vinyl polymers through self‐condensing reversible complexation‐mediated copolymerization using in situ formed inimers, 9 and reversible complexation‐mediated copolymerization of vinyl and divinyl monomers 10 . Considering the advantages of free‐radical polymerization, Sherrington reported their preparation of branched vinyl polymer using divinyl monomer as the branching agent in the presence of chain transfer through free‐radical polymerization 11–17 .…”

A Unified Theoretical Treatment on Statistical Properties of the Semi-batch Self-condensing Vinyl Polymerization System

“…The other is the self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) of AB* type inimers proposed by Fréchet in 1995 [3], where A denotes a vinyl group and B* represents an active site capable of initiating a vinyl group A into a new active site A*. In the light of this synthetic route, a mass of experiments on several typical SCVP systems have been performed, which include SCVP systems of pure inimers [9][10][11][12][13][14], binary copolymerization systems(inimers and core initiators [15][16][17][18][19], inimers and monomers [20][21][22][23][24][25]), and ternary copolymerization system(inimers, monomers and core initiators) [26][27][28].…”