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Synthesis of heteroarm star polymers comprising poly(4-methylphenyl vinyl sulfoxide) segment by living anionic polymerization

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A series of 3-arm ABC and AA′B and 4-arm ABCD, AA′BC and AA′A″B heteroarm star polymers comprising one poly(4-methylphenyl vinyl sulfoxide) segment and other segments such as polystyrene, poly(α-methylstyrene), poly(4-methoxystyrene) and poly(4-trimethylsilylstyrene) were synthesized by living anionic polymerization based on diphenylethylene (DPE) chemistry. The DPE-functionalized polymers were synthesized by iterative methodology, and the objective star polymers were prepared by two distinct methodologies based on anionic polymerization using DPE-functionalized polymers. The first methodology involves an addition reaction of living anionic polymer with excess DPE-functionalized polymer and a subsequent living anionic polymerization of 4-methylphenyl vinyl sulfoxide (MePVSO) initiated from the in situ formed polymer anion with two or three polymer segments. The second methodology comprises an addition reaction of DPE-functionalized polymer with excess sec-BuLi and a following anionic polymerization of MePVSO initiated from the in situ formed polymer anion and 3-methyl-1,1-diphenylpentyl anion as well. Both approaches could afford the target heteroarm star polymers with predetermined molecular weight, narrow molecular weight distribution (M w/M n < 1.03) and desired composition, evidenced by SEC, 1H-NMR and SLS analyses. These polymers can be used as model polymers to investigate structure-property relationships in heteroarm star polymers.

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  1. Key Lab of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Qiang Liu, You-ke Huang & You-liang Zhao  (赵优良)

  2. College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215021, China

    Xiang-dong Zhou

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20844001 and 20874067), the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 209049), and Natural Science Fund for Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province (No. 08KJB150015).

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Liu, Q., Huang, Yk., Zhou, Xd. et al. Synthesis of heteroarm star polymers comprising poly(4-methylphenyl vinyl sulfoxide) segment by living anionic polymerization. Chin J Polym Sci 28, 819–828 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-010-9166-y

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