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Iron-mediated AGET ATRP of MMA using acidic/basic salts as reducing agents

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In this study, iron-mediated activator generated by electron transfer for atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate was carried out using two different types of salts, acidic hydroxylamine hydrochloride and basic sodium bisulfite as the reducing agents, ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate as an initiator, FeCl3·6H2O as a catalyst and triphenylphosphine (PPh3) as a ligand. The polymerization could be carried out in the presence of a limited amount of oxygen (air) and showed highly efficient catalyst activity. The living features were confirmed by the polymerization kinetics, analysis of chain end, and chain-extension experiment.

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Acknowledgments

The financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20974071 and 21174096), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20103201110005), the Qing Lan Project, the Program of Innovative Research Team of Soochow University, the Program of National-Level Undergraduates’ Innovative Experiment of Soochow University (No. 111028514) and the Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Yi Wang, Liangjiu Bai, Wenwen Chen, Li Chen, Yuan Liu, Tianchi Xu & Zhenping Cheng

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Wang, Y., Bai, L., Chen, W. et al. Iron-mediated AGET ATRP of MMA using acidic/basic salts as reducing agents. Polym. Bull. 70, 631–642 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-012-0827-6

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