Thermally amendable tailor‐made functional polymer by RAFT polymerization and "click reaction". Issue 16 (22nd May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pramanik, Nabendu B.; Bag, Dibyendu S.; Alam, Sarfaraz; Nando, Golok B.; Singha, Nikhil K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of polymer science. Volume 51:Issue 16(2013:Aug.)
• Page Start: 3365
• Page End: 3374
• Publication Date: 2013-05-22
• Subjects: 547
• DOI: 10.1002/pola.26732
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0887-624X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>This investigation reports the preparation and characterization of thermally amendable functional polymer bearing furfuryl functionality via reversible‐addition fragmentation and chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and Diels‐Alder (DA) reaction. In this case, furfuryl methacrylate (FMA) was polymerized using 4‐cyano‐4‐[(dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonyl)sulfanyl] pentanoic acid as RAFT reagent and 4, 4′‐azobis(4‐cyanovaleric acid) as thermal initiator. ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry analysis showed that furfuryl group in poly(furfuryl methacrylate) (PFMA) was not affected during RAFT polymerization and the tailor‐made polymer had RAFT end group. The DA reaction was successfully carried out between the reactive furfuryl functionality of PFMA and different bismaleimides. The thermoreversible property of these DA polymers was characterized by FT‐IR and DSC analysis. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. <bold>2013</bold>, <italic>51</italic>, 3365–3374</p> </abstract>