A simple route to synthesis of branched and cross-linked polymers with clickable moieties by photopolymerization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Oct 21;48(82):10252-4. doi: 10.1039/c2cc35607d.

Abstract

Lightly branched, hyperbranched and cross-linked polymers with clickable sites were synthesized via a modified version of self-condensing photoinitiated copolymerization of methyl acrylate (MA) with propargyl acrylate (PA). The method is based on the use of a PA monomer containing two polymerizable groups, namely acrylate and propargyl groups with different reactivities in photoinitiated free radical copolymerization with MA.

MeSH terms

  • Acrylates / chemistry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemical synthesis*
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Polymerization
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry

Substances

  • Acrylates
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Polymers
  • methyl acrylate