A facile route to ureidopyrimidinone-functionalized polymers via RAFT (original) (raw)

2010, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Three new ureidopyrimidinone(UPy)-functionalized chain-transfer agents (CTAs) have been synthesized for use in reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. These UPy-CTAs are able to polymerize a wide variety of vinyl monomers to yield UPy-functionalized polymers, including homopolymers, block copolymers, and amphiphilic block copolymers. These polymers have been characterized via 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatogra-phy (GPC), UV/visible spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to demonstrate end-group fidelity. V C 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 5833-5841, 2010