Citation: Liang Ding, Juan Li, Rui-Yu Jiang, Ling-Fang Wang, Wei Song, Lei Zhu. Cu(0) Wire-mediated Single-electron Transfer-living Radical Polymerization of Oligo(ethylene oxide) Methyl Ether Acrylate by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2019, 37(11): 1130-1141. doi: 10.1007/s10118-019-2263-7 shu

Cu(0) Wire-mediated Single-electron Transfer-living Radical Polymerization of Oligo(ethylene oxide) Methyl Ether Acrylate by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions

Liang Ding ^a,b,, ,
Juan Li ^a ,
Rui-Yu Jiang ^c,, ,
Ling-Fang Wang ^a ,
Wei Song ^a,, ,
Lei Zhu ^d,,

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Department of Polymer and Composite Material, School of Materials Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
b.
Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
c.
Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Ecological Building Material and Environmental Protection Equipments, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
d.
School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hubei Engineering University, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center of Conversion and Utilization for Biomass Resources, Xiaogan 432000, China

Corresponding author: Liang Ding, dl1984911@ycit.edu.cn Rui-Yu Jiang, jiangry@ycit.cn Wei Song, sw121092@ycit.cn Lei Zhu, Lei.zhu@hbeu.edu.cn
Received Date: 22 February 2019
Revised Date: 16 March 2019
Available Online: 21 May 2019

The efficient Cu(0) wire-catalyzed single-electron transfer-living radical polymerization (SET-LRP) in organic solvents and mixtures of the organic solvents with water has been thoroughly investigated. Oligo(ethylene oxide) methyl ether acrylate was used as an exemplar oligomer monomer to determine the optimum polymerization conditions for rapid, controlled, and quantitative production of well-defined polymers. The effects of Cu(0)-wire length (12.5 or 4.5 cm), ligand type (tris(dimethylaminoethyl)amine, Me₆-TREN, or tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, TREN), and solvent type (dipolar aprotic solvents, cyclic ethers, alcohol, or acetone) on the polymerization have been evaluated. Kinetic experiments were performed for all polymerizations to assess the " living” behavior of each system employed. Importantly, TREN could be used as a replacement for Me₆-TREN in Cu(0) wire-catalyzed SET-LRP of oligomer monomer, which probably provides the most economical and efficient methodology since TREN is 80 times less expensive than Me₆-TREN. The high chain-end fidelity of resulting polymer was experimentally verified by thiol-Michael addition reaction at the α-Br chain end and subsequent chain extension with methyl acrylate.
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