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Macromolecular Design via an Organocatalytic, Monomer-Specific and Temperature-Dependent “On/Off Switch”. High Precision Synthesis of Polyester/Polycarbonate Multiblock Copolymers
Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5081-1835
Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
DWI − Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials and Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
2015 (English)In: Macromolecules, ISSN 0024-9297, E-ISSN 1520-5835, Vol. 48, no 6, p. 1703-1710Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The employment of a monomer-specific “on/off switch” was used to synthesize a nine-block copolymer with a predetermined molecular weight and narrow distribution (Đ = 1.26) in only 2.5 h. The monomers consisted of a six-membered cyclic carbonate (i.e., 2-allyloxymethyl-2-ethyl-trimethylene carbonate (AOMEC)) and ε-caprolactone (εCL), which were catalyzed by 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]-dec-5-ene (TBD). The dependence of polymerization rate with temperature was different for the two monomers. Under similar reaction conditions, the ratio of the apparent rate constant of AOMEC and εCL [kpapp(AOMEC)/kpapp(εCL)] changes from 400 at T = −40 °C to 50 at T = 30 °C and 10 at T = 100 °C. Therefore, by decreasing the copolymerization temperature from 30 °C to −40 °C, the conversion of εCL can be switched “off”, and by increasing the temperature to 30 °C, the conversion of εCL can be switched “on” again. The addition of AOMEC at T = −40 °C results in the formation of a pure carbonate block. The cyclic addition of AOMEC to a solution of εCL along with a simultaneous temperature change leads to the formation of multiblock copolymers. This result provides a new straightforward synthetic route to degradable multiblock copolymers, yielding new interesting materials with endless structural possibilities.

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American Chemical Society (ACS), 2015. Vol. 48, no 6, p. 1703-1710
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-207560DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00254ISI: 000351792200011Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84925424349OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-207560DiVA, id: diva2:1896818
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EU, European Research Council, 246776Available from: 2024-09-11 Created: 2024-09-11 Last updated: 2025-04-25Bibliographically approved

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