A new approach to the synthesis of dendrimer-like star polymer,[(PMMA)2PSt]4,was presented via the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and ckick chemistry.Firstly four-arm bromine-terminated poly...A new approach to the synthesis of dendrimer-like star polymer,[(PMMA)2PSt]4,was presented via the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and ckick chemistry.Firstly four-arm bromine-terminated polystyrene(PSt-Br)4 was obtained from ATRP of styrene using pentaerythritol tetra(2-bromoisobutyrate) as an initiator,and the(PSt-Br)4 was efficiently converted to the azido-terminated polymers[(PSt-N3)4] through the bromine substitution reaction with sodium azide.Furthermore,the(PSt-N3)4 reacted with propargyl 2,2-bis[2-(bromomethyl)propionato]propionyrate via a click reaction,1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction,and the polymer[(PSt-Br2)4] containing eight end-bromine was obtained.The(PSt-Br2)4 could further serve as a macroinitiator for the ATRP of methyl methacrylate(MMA).Accordingly,the dendrimer-like star polymer,[(PMMA)2PSt]4 was successfully prepared.The structure of [(PMMA)2PSt]4 was characterized via IR,1H NMR,GPC and DSC.展开更多
文摘A new approach to the synthesis of dendrimer-like star polymer,[(PMMA)2PSt]4,was presented via the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and ckick chemistry.Firstly four-arm bromine-terminated polystyrene(PSt-Br)4 was obtained from ATRP of styrene using pentaerythritol tetra(2-bromoisobutyrate) as an initiator,and the(PSt-Br)4 was efficiently converted to the azido-terminated polymers[(PSt-N3)4] through the bromine substitution reaction with sodium azide.Furthermore,the(PSt-N3)4 reacted with propargyl 2,2-bis[2-(bromomethyl)propionato]propionyrate via a click reaction,1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction,and the polymer[(PSt-Br2)4] containing eight end-bromine was obtained.The(PSt-Br2)4 could further serve as a macroinitiator for the ATRP of methyl methacrylate(MMA).Accordingly,the dendrimer-like star polymer,[(PMMA)2PSt]4 was successfully prepared.The structure of [(PMMA)2PSt]4 was characterized via IR,1H NMR,GPC and DSC.