Degradable vinyl copolymers through thiocarbonyl addition–ring-opening (TARO) polymerization. Issue 1 (28th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bingham, Nathaniel M.; Roth, Peter J.
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 55:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 58
• Publication Date: 2018-11-28
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08287a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Radical ring-opening polymerization of a thionolactone gives degradable thioester-functional polymers. Abstract : The radical copolymerization of the thionolactone dibenzo[ c, e ]oxepane-5-thione with acrylates, acrylonitrile, and N, N -dimethylacrylamide afforded copolymers containing a controllable amount of backbone thioesters which could be selectively cleaved. The process is compatible with RAFT polymerization and promising for the development of advanced degradable polymers.