PET-RAFT single unit monomer insertion of β-methylstyrene derivatives: RAFT degradation and reaction selectivity. Issue 82 (29th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Lei; Liu, Ruizhe; Lin, Shiyang; Xu, Jiangtao
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 57:Issue 82(2021)
• Page Start: 10759
• Page End: 10762
• Publication Date: 2021-09-29
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03927j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Reversible addition/fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) single unit monomer insertion of β-methylstyrene derivatives revealed significant degradation of products, which can be suppressed by selecting appropriate RAFT agents. Abstract : Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) single unit monomer insertion (SUMI) of β-methylstyrene derivatives into diverse RAFT agents presented fast reaction kinetics, but significant degradation of the SUMI products occurred due to a hydrogen abstraction reaction. Fortunately, such degradation can be suppressed through appropriate design of initial RAFT agents attributed to effective chain transfer and selective photoactivation.